Psychologically speaking, addiction is all about escapism

 



Psychologically speaking, addiction is all about escapism 🛠

Avoidance. Denial. Addicts run from reality, and in some cases have been running all their lives.

The addict cannot tolerate reality and its vicissitudes. Neither internal reality nor external reality. They find reality repugnant, uncomfortable, and overwhelming, and prefer, like the psychotic, withdrawal into fantasy, bliss, or oblivion over reality.

They seek constantly to alter subjective and objective reality to their own liking. For one thing, reality — the existential facts of life — can be both painful and anxiety-provoking. Like all of us, addicts don't like confronting pain or feeling anxiety.

Not only do addicts escape reality by self-medicating with their substance of choice, but they often choose to remain in this state of mind. They choose to deny they have a problem and avoid the real underlying issues causing problems in their life.

They prefer to be intoxicated with fabricated feelings of euphoria and happiness, rather than suffering and detailing with the mundane realities of life.

As soon as the effects of the drugs or alcohol wear off, the reality kicks in, and the internal demons of the person once again resurface. As soon as this happens, the addict typically chooses to once again escape reality rather than dealing with the problems.

The antidote to addiction is learning to tolerate reality 🛠

Little by little. That is what sobriety really is. This is what the recovering addict needs the most assistance with: soberly dealing with inner and outer reality. And part of existential reality involves personal responsibility.

It is clear that, especially for so-called celebrities sheltered from reality by fame and money, sobriety (be it from alcohol or other substance abuse or compulsive sexual behaviour) demands accepting the same reality we all deal with every day: being responsible for ourselves; making choices that are in our own best interest; and tolerating tedium, frustration, anxiety, and life's inevitable physical and emotional suffering.

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