Addictions are tough.  Watching the movie "28 Days"  brought it all home once again.... trying to kick the habit... any habit... all the struggles... the frustrations... here it was all over again in the movie... all these folks... hooked on alcohol and drugs... it was ok to smoke if you had them.... a little sex in one of the rooms on and off.... a little rebellion here and there.... a little anger... that kind of stuff was tolerated...but the structure was there... help was there... small group sessions ... tell us how you feel  about that...recognition of a higher power to help... and slowly you came alive again....

Then the time came when your 28 Days was up  and you were sent back into the real world once again... out on your own.... to try again.... then the failure.... then the return to rehab.  Does anyone know what I'm talking about?

Am I the only one who would quit smoking  3 or 4 times a year?  Always chewing on something... eating something.... putting on 5 lbs a week? Constantly preaching to everybody in earshot about the evils of tar and nicotine .... heart attacks and strokes... cancer and death?  How long did it last  this time.... 28 days.... a month... 3 months... 3 days?

I remember the time I was on the phone talking with a Camel in my mouth... another burning in the ash tray... and reaching for pack in my pocket to pull out another.... that was one of the times I stopped... for a little while... once again.  Addictions... any addictions are tough...

Sometimes they are fatal.... there are casualties  in any war... the young lady who takes her own life  near the end of the movie... because there is no way out... there is no hope... can't beat it.... it's hopeless...   the only way out is death...

Sorry.... I have gone off to war against addictions...

Tune in next time!

:)