The Seduction of Addiction Can Take Anyone Out

<p>The line between addiction and recovery can be tenuous and fragile.</p> <p>Though I have years of hard-fought sobriety, I walked right up to the edge of substance use the other week. I stood at the edge of that yawning abyss of nothingness and reveled in a moment of thrill-seeking defiance.</p> <p>My addiction seduced me with a nostalgic promise of escape. It told me it would be okay to just check out for a bit. It served up a spoonful of dopamine and promised to tuck me in a soft, warm blanket of dissociating bliss.</p> <p><a href="https://russ-w.medium.com/the-seduction-of-addiction-can-take-anyone-out-6ce663b20927"><strong>Read More</strong></a></p>