Addicted — Alcohol, Porn, Tobacco and More!

Daily Meditation 1,012–12/12/2024

A short DM for today.

Look.

We’ve all got addictions. Some of them are a bit more…insidious than others, but we all have them.

For some of us, it’s pornography. In secret in the work bathroom stall. In secret behind our wife’s back. In the open with our friends.

For others, it’s tobacco. When you wake up. After breakfast. On break at work. After lunch at work. Driving home from work. After dinner. While watching TV at night. Before bed.

And for some, it’s alcohol. For me, it was waking up at 4 or 5 am to “enjoy” a few fingers of rye so I’d be sober by the time my shift started for work a bit later on. Then, as soon as I was home, it was polishing off the rest of that bottle.

But, some of us are addicted to gaming, to fitness, to our skinny figure, to music, or to gambling.

I am not here to simply insist to you “YoU nEeD tO StOp YoUr AdDiCtIoNs” as that’s not helpful or motivating. That’s borderline NPC quality thinking!

No. I am writing today about self-awareness.

I invite you on your journey of life to merely be mindful of your developing addictions.