Not a brain-malfunction.<\/p>\n
Not proof of weakness.<\/p>\n
Not a genetic fuck up.<\/p>\n
Nor a disease.<\/p>\n
It is an attempt at coming home.<\/p>\n
An innocent craving at first.<\/p>\n
A natural longing.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s about feeling good for a while (or at least not feeling so fucking bad).<\/p>\n
A vicious cycle where the solution becomes the problem.<\/p>\n
And we can\u2019t help it.<\/p>\n
We are born to search.<\/p>\n
Looking for the way out (which turns out to be back in).<\/p>\n
The solution.<\/p>\n
The doorway.<\/p>\n
The space of<\/p>\n
Just.<\/p>\n
Being.<\/p>\n
Okay.<\/p>\n
Addiction is a painful misunderstanding.<\/p>\n
A relationship with a lookalike.<\/p>\n
A surrogate.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s about looking for You in all the wrong places.<\/p>\n
And here\u2019s the way out (which is actually back in):<\/p>\n
Find out who\u2019s looking.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s it.<\/p>\n
Home is here.<\/p>\n
Cheers.<\/p>\n
—<\/p>\n
(Photo by @helio_vega, for Unsplash)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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