The more i recover the more I realize that drugs

The more i recover the more I realize that drugs and alcohol are but a symptom. Anyone else ever replaced them with toxic relationships? Then just go down thru there. Im grateful for the spiritual tools freely given to me and pray for courage to put them into action.

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Listen to the Amy Dresner podcast on here. Under the “sober stories”. Very insightful on all the substitutes an addict can run through before they surrender.

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Loved all of those podcasts. Helpful information

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I’ve always thought of it as addiction and alcoholism are the symptoms.

Drugs and alcohol are the (wrong) medicine/way to deal with the symptoms.

And the disease lies in overall mental health