“Yeah, I know, but…” I rewound the video, watched it again, and then the message sank in. That’s precisely what I was/am trying to do. That’s what so many of us are trying to do. We are stuck. Bogged down by our own baggage, all that crap we’ve accumulated and carry with us all our lives.
I’ve found some simple but powerful sober hobbies that keep my mind occupied and my alcoholic monkey at bay. These hobbies are helping me string together ever longer sobriety stretches. Maybe they can help you do the same.
I relate this to how meditation caused marijuana to up and leave me around day 35. I wasn’t grasping onto it, I wasn’t pushing it away, it just left of its own accord.
When you’re harmoniously passionate, you become intrinsically driven, and, as a result, you will live in the here and now. The gap is really about being physically here but mentally and emotionally “there”, in some ideal future state. The gap is the distance between “here” and “there”.
When I began to appreciate what I had, a loving family, a roof over my head, gainful employment, health (despite being overweight and a little achy), and hobbies, my outlook improved. While momentarily pleasurable, intoxication does not create happiness. It will never create happiness. Ever. Realizing this caused a seismic shift in my perspective.