learning that addiction is a progressive narrowing of the range of things that make one happy was kinda life changing for me. i apply it to everything not even just addiction i am always checking to ask if i am narrowing my range of happiness or widening it
always good to check whether your coping strategy has become something that needs its own coping strategies
this has helped me so much and is a much better way for me to frame addiction. i'm powerless over my substance abuse as I can never stop being an addict vs. let's enjoy more than one thing










