Painfully Loving Life

“When you get addicted to something.. to drugs, to alcohol, to benzos, to whatever substance makes you feel good and is available, it’s because you’re desperately trying to escape reality, like constantly scratching a door until drugs open it and let you into a bright, warm room where there is no pain, no suffering and no despair…..until you realize it was just a terrible lie and you find yourself trapped in that room that now turned dark and cold, and its walls are laughing at you.”

Become small enough

The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.