Healing From Addiction

You Will Overcome

What does it look like to be healed from addiction?

I tell people that I have been healed from alcoholism.

God healed me.

When I say this I typically get the same response. “Once an addict always an addict”

And this is true. But let me explain.

We say this because it’s a safety feature. The idea is that if we ever use again we will automatically be addicted again and right back where we started. And this is 100% true.

But this has nothing to do with being healed from Addiction. As a matter of fact. Realizing this truth is part of being healed.

Let’s look at this differently. Let’s say we are in the kitchen talking, and I accidentally put my hand on the hot burner and get a severe burn.

I am burned. I need to heal. It takes time. I have to be careful. I have trouble with things in my everyday life. I can’t use my hand.

But eventually it heals, And life returns to normal. I am healed.

BUT…if I stick my hand on a burner again when it’s hot. I will get burned.  It’s a no brainer.  Do we say “once a burn victim always a burn victim?”

No. Because we heal and move on with normal life.

And that’s what I mean. That’s what I pray for you and others. A normal boring life, because you’re healed.

We have all sorts of things we do to help us over come our addictions. They are good and we need them. We need them when we are triggered.

Those things a part of the process. They can be a bandage and a salve for the burned and broken life. It can help us when we need it.

But, there comes a time when we must say, “I am healed” and move on from there to live a normal life and help others. 

If you are not healed, and you try to help others. You will be dragged back in.

Move toward being healed. Learn to hate the thing that dragged you down. Eradicate it from your life in all its forms. Do not let it have an opening.

Eventually, you’ll notice it doesn’t bother you any more.

I can be around alcohol with no problem. Course, I will not be involved with wild drunken parties, or baby sitting drunks. I hate it.

The same way, I would avoid sticking my hand on a hot burner.

It has no power over me, but I’m not dumb enough to go there.

I am healed. And you can embrace your healing also. Do not linger as a victim. Be wise. Be healthy and be healed.

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Bio: Chris Bunton is a writer, poet and blogger from Southern Illinois. He has published in several magazines, and has written a poetry eBook called “Against the Man” and an Addiction Recovery eBook called “Made Free: Overcoming Addiction“ His newest book is called “The Future is Coming” and is a collection of dystopian short stories.

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