We've been here 1,000 times before...

"I've been here 1,000 times before.""We've been here 1,000 times before.""What do you say? Ready to try something different?"For those of us who've battled addiction, or loved someone with an addiction, or are a professional medical or mental healthcare provider helping someone with addiction..."We've been here 1,000 times before."Principle #2 of The Alchemist Recovery Program states, "Addiction is a Cycle," and while that may not seem revelatory, there are a few things we recognize differently.Because addiction is a cycle, and because we've been here 1,000 times before, we know with certainty what comes next.The Cycle is repetitive, unoriginal and quite boring, actually!So, when we shine the light of truth onto the situation and provide a clear off-ramp to the person struggling, why don't they take it?Because they know if they do, it will never be the same. Something will change forever and something will die.That "something" can be called denial, the ego, the Pericardium, the spirit of addiction, or the devil himself.Whatever "It" is, "It" knows it will die.And when something knows death is nye, there is the most violent of thrashings for survival.That's what we're up against. And that's what we're talking about in this episode.Links referenced in this episode:thesobershaman.comemail: [email protected]