What is the point that someone gets really serious about recovery and has a good chance of making it stick. Some say hitting rock bottom is critical; in this case whether it be health, wealth, or incarceration issues- substance abuse is just no longer physically possible. There is another point which is much harder to identify, some people do find this elusive state, seek treatment and enter recovery before they hit rock bottom… they become resigned to never, ever drinking again. They are content with abstinence, the beast is appeased. Those that hit rock bottom sometimes bounce back without ever coming to grips with abstinence and relapse. Contentment is the line drawn in the sand; if you don’t cross it, failure is inevitable.
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Twice this topic has come up fro me this weekend- no better time to blog. So in my book content abstinence is the key, it is just unfortunate that many people have to bounce up and down off rock bottom several times before ever realizing their fate. Searching for a photo I had a hard time thinking contentment without visualizing a cat. Do a photo search; you’ll see I’m not unique in this line of thought… so came about my little analogy.
Some cats will go to any length and contortion to drink from the sink.
Some have found the sink to be a much more peaceful place, content to use as a place for sleep.
Then there’s cat’s that wants to do both, sleep and drink, no matter what he is eventually just going to end up wide awake and ALL WET.
