Pain, it's just something no one ever wants to go through. I can't specifically remember a time during childhood where I felt any overwhelming sense of it, but there was always plenty of anxiety, at which point I was unaware of it’s definition. I would say the turning point for me was the transition out of childhood, and into a steep climb to the top of “responsibility”. For others I'm sure the source comes from other places, or perhaps a build up of many experiences. Nevertheless, we all reached a point a point where an escape from reality was needed. So when we dove head first into a life of opiate use, it's as though we conditioned ourselves to a world of extremes. On the upside, we were in our most comfortable and positive state of mind where nothing could harm us. On the down (extreme downside), we were left in a cold pit where our greatest fears became reality and the climb out was steeper than the last.
So imagine this pattern of extreme ups and downs, like a wave length transitioning from high to low, low to high. Comparable to going in and out of cold weather, your body and mind only know two temperatures. There is no in between, there is no transition, there is no journey…just change from one end to the other in an instant.
Now, take yourself back to childhood before all this began. Our mind and bodies were conditioned to a more gradual wavelength, transitioning between positive states at a much healthier pace. It's this conditioning that is reality, that is life. A gradual development and formation of our mind body and spirit. A process which we can't recognize or call out the changes until periods of time have passed. But the biggest part we can put our faith in, is that good will come from bad. That there will always be a light at the end of the tunnel, no matter the challenge. It would not be possible for pain to exist without moments of beauty and happiness, without the miracles we all see and believe every day.
Something everyone must realize is that our success heavily relies on our acceptance of where we are in a period of transition. I imagine it all too often occurs where someone views their current position as final, or a dead end they must start over from. The key to our transition is to know and believe that we are just that. A continuous transition, out of and into new patterns of living. In this state of consciousness, we open our mind to infinite possibilities. To realize the existence of such possibility, increases the probability of a life with no single solution for change.
To the Addicts & Family: Create opportunity for new experiences. Allow yourself to envision how you or your loved one can grow. Have faith in the process of being human.