Opinion | Matthew Perry and the Loneliness of Addiction
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Opinion | Matthew Perry and the Loneliness of Addiction
addiction emerges out of a lack of inner experience of intimacy with oneself, with God, with life, and with the moment.
Richard Rohr • Breathing Under Water : Spirituality and the Twelve Steps
The problem here is the inherent belief that alcohol is EVERYTHING and you’d be making a giant sacrifice in giving it up. You wouldn’t be. In fact, you’d be gaining so much and losing nothing. It was life-changing to fully know the insidious slippery-slope nature of addiction, that after doing something for so long, you’re more inclined to get addi
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To end loneliness, you need other people—plus something else. You also need, he explained to me, to feel you are sharing something with the other person, or the group, that is meaningful to both of you.
Johann Hari • Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression – and the Unexpected Solutions
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