addiction

Human beings have a deep need to bond and form connections. If we can__ connect with each other, we will connect with whatever we can find _ It is disconnection that drives addiction.

I ended up going into this big art historical argument.' [Barry Blinderman] invoked, for example, Matthias Grünewald__ Isenheim altarpiece, painted in the sixteenth century for a monastery where monks cared for people with skin diseases__o the suffering Christ in that painting shows symptoms of skin disease. 'It__ because he__ the man of sorrows,' Blinderman argued. 'He takes on the suffering of the world. So if Christ were to appear physically today, one of the sicknesses he would have to take on would be drug addiction.

Be honest with the Lord. If you__e afraid, say so. If you__e feeling abandoned, tell Him. He already knows every sin you__e committed and He loves you anyway. Confess honestly. Beg for help. Converse with the Lord in reverence and respect, but not as if you were approaching a distant, uncaring being. Nothing could be further from the truth. All you have to do is reach out to feel the grasp of Christ__ hand.

What if there were health food stores on every corner in the hood, instead of liquor stores!?

Please don't be overly sober with your precious wings, it's your addiction to freedom that makes me think that i too can defy gravity.

Friends with benefits? More than friends? Don't sample the goodies unless you're willing to risk addiction and withdrawal.

Don't drive a car in the dream, else you won't drive it on earth. Don't wish to become, else you won't become. Don't associate with fools, else your ancestors will be insulted. Don't be addicted to wine, else your pocket will be empty. Don't be drunk, else you'll be attacked.

Teen "addiction" to social media is a new extension of typical human engagement. Their use of social media as their primary site of sociality is most often a byproduct of cultural dynamics that have nothing to do with technology, including parental restrictions and highly scheduled lives. Teens turn to, and are obsessed with whichever environment allows them to connect to friends. most teens aren't addicted to social media; if anything, they're addicted to each other.

Out of all the addictions in the world, Attention is slowly but surely becoming one of the most dangerous.

I deleted your number. Although I know the tired digits by heart, scout's honor, pinky promise.I am trying to talk myself out of every emotion I'm having, and of course, it is failing to a fault.I'm still sad, I'm still mad, I'm still heartbroken, I miss you.

The process of recovering from addictiveness happens at a deeper level of consciousness and through feeling our pain without using old addictive fixes. There is no escaping that getting in touch with our original pain is the touchstone to mental, emotional and spiritual wellbeing.

In the grief that comes with recognizing what happened to us, we often feel there is nowhere to turn for solace_We do things to keep it away, such as becoming overly busy or using drugs or alcohol to numb our feelings. When we are caught up in resistance, we do not feel hope, but when we surrender to our sadness fully, hope trickles in.

And finallythe glass that contains and spills this stuff continuallywhile the drinker hunches before it, while the bartender gathersup empties, gives back the drinker's own face. Who knows what it looks like;who cares whether or not it was young once, or ever lovely,who gives a shit about some drunk rising to stagger towardthe bathroom, some man or woman or even lostangel who recklessly threw it all over__eaven, the ether,the celestial works__nd said, Fuck it, I want to be human?

I'm so in love with you I can't stand up.

Their boots were black and shiny and your treasures gleamed like stars,Bones from deep down in the fertile crescent.

What if I'm so broken I can never do something as basic as feed myself? Do you realize how twisted that is? It amazes me sometimes that humans still exist. We're just animals, after all. And how can an animal get so removed from nature that it loses the instinct to keep itself alive?

Let__ remind ourselves that to be compassionate and forgiving doesn__ mean we are endorsing dysfunctional behaviour. On the contrary, it__ essential the harm that was inflicted upon us is properly validated and grieved. Forgiveness isn__ an intellectual concept or an airy-fairy idea. It__ a painstaking process. To be compassionate and to forgive mean we are gradually letting go of poisonous, toxic feelings that are trapped in our minds and bodies.

He in any form was a drug to the addiction of being desired while she was always wanted.