Safe Haven Sober Living

The man you just met at the car shop goes home and eats a gallon of ice cream every night before bed.

The woman at the store goes home and thinks about her ex, non-stop.

The friend from school is addicted to gaining his father’s approval.

The huge guy at the gym is addicted to lifting weights to compensate for feeling small on the inside.

The only thing that is different is the effect that the addiction has on each of them. A heroin addiction is so frowned upon in society because it is extremely visible. The damage that it causes is so obvious, and the effects of other addictions are much less obvious. Does this mean the less obvious addictions don’t do damage? No.

We are all flawed, repeating negative patterns, but it is much easier to go through life knowing that everybody has addictions. The person you are comparing yourself to that seems to have a picture-perfect life on Instagram lives and breathes the likes and comments they get on social media. They are addicted to it and need it to survive, and they are no freer than you are. Knowing we are all on the same boat, we can move forward in a positive way and stop comparing ourselves to others. We all may have similar issues, but no two people are the same.

“Comparison is the thief of joy.” – Theodore Roosevelt