The plague

The drug plague has been hitting us hard for a long time.

This is a plague that has hit our country and we have been in total denial thinking that we could shut it away in jails.

However, like any plague, it is spilling out. It might have seemed okay when it was just the dreaded drug dealer.


However, the problem has escalated to a point that it seems that many of our children have now become "them."


I don't see our goverment dealing with the problem in any new way, even though they see that what they are doing is not working.

Making Marijuana illegal in my opinion has made this whole matter worse. Our children see the hypocrisy of it.


I don't know what the answer is, but I know its not blaming all of the parents, and its not having our country put more of its citizens in jail than any other in the world..

The big lie

I am so tired of seeing the commercials on TV, the movies and just everywhere with the happy folks clinging their crystal cut glasses and holding on to them for dear life. Kind of like the glass is some kind of magic wand that will lift us out of our problems and take us away.

   The big lie that we tell ourselves  that alcohol will make it all better, when what is really happening is that we are worrying that we don't drink too much yet again tonight !

We know better that we can control the drink.  The drink will control us.  We tell ourselves, I will just have a couple to relax me after all, don't i deserve it?   But the other side of our mind, our higher spiritual side knows better.  It answers " yeah right, you know that a couple of drinks is NOT going to be enough for the troubles that haunt you! The drinking itself is your main problem!"

After a few hours we know that its too late to go back.  The next day will definately be miserable because we are not able to fight the hangover that is coming our way.

It is a big lie that we swallow each and every time like fools.  Every one that drinks long enough will be an alcoholic, just like anyone that takes any  kind of drug for enough time will be a drug addict.      If we tell something different to ourselves we are just fooling ourselves as usual.

Rehab clinics and hospitals - Do they work, or not?

Of course, rehab centers work because after leaving the place, the addict is indeed "clean."

They do what they set out to do. The tough part is keeping the inner energy and power that has built up while staying there.

Yikes! with all of the emotional vampires one goes back to in the "real world" I don't have to tell you its tough. Try, if you can, to find at least one person that is not an addict. A person that knows how to enjoy themselves in a natural way instead of in that desperate way you have become used to. I know it is hard to find. But Not impossible!

When you are in that funky/sad/angry/bored mood you need a person that has more inner power than you and you need it quick!! Have their phone near you at all times.

That is the idea behind the AA sponsor. It might sound antiquated but a sponsor/friend is essential. If the rehab clinic offers a sponsor after treatment go for it! Folks have been able to succeed without one, but if you are lucky to have one, hang on to them when needed. No shame in asking.

Meanwhile, just remember that this compulsion is like a wave that is coming towards you. It will NOT drown you, just be prepared.

When it first comes it feels like your head might go under, hang on the first minutes, don't panic. Stay still! You will get confidence. You will realize that it will wash over you. Be an OBSERVER.

"Okay, here is my monkey mind telling me that i am bored/angry/victim and i deserve this.." It is trying to destroy me again. BUT i am increasing my inner POWER & I am wise to it now. Have some anger towards it & for all the times it has fooled you in your life. This is NOT why you are on this Planet!

As George Carlin said " Just cause you got the monkey off your back doesn't mean the circus has left town."

The good news. It does get much better. It did for me and it will for you. You deserve the Best that the universe wants for you.

Addiction: Our next frontier

In order to go to our next spiritual level we have to figure out how to control ourselves first.
After all, how the heck are we going to evolve if we can't even control our own bodies?

This negative, lying, energy that comes over us is much like the stories of old. The devil on one shoulder and the angel on the other shoulder and both trying to get our attention, actually one is trying to get full control.The problem is that we identify with this dark energy.

It will tell us "you have worked all week, you deserve to have a drink, a hit, a large pie," whatever our weakness is that will bring us shame the next morning. Even internet addiction is plaguing many people.In Eckhart Tolle's brilliant book, "The Power of Now" he explains how to step back and not identify with those thoughts. Normally I would suggest that you buy it, but in these hard economic times you might want to get it from your public library first.
Instead of thinking "I have been working, I deserve it', step back and realize that what ever this feeling might be it is not the Real you. Let it say what it will, but don't let yourself identify with it, don't let it put you in a trance.

Hey, even have a sense of humor about it.. say to yourself "Does this negative thought urging me to use think that I am that stupid"? ...THIS WILL DECREASE ITS POWER.
This attitude will cut it down to size because you are not identifying with it..
Lets face it, when the urge to use hits us, don't we get into a form of trance ?
Its almost like those old black and white movies where the hypnotist starts saying "look into my eyessss" Man, we have to WAKE UP at that moment or the trance will sweep us away as it has done countless of times before.

What we are really doing is claiming back Your Power maybe for the first time. Not only that, you are increasing it. Tell yourself "This freaking thought is not me. It is trying to destroy me with its lies. What it is not telling me is that i will be sick like a dog tomorrow, poorer, sorry to having hurt others, destroyed..
This will make you AWARE and wake you up. The more you do it the easier it becomes. It does get better. A combination of treatment for addictions and spiritual power I think will be the future in drug treatment that lasts.
I would love to hear anyone that is struggling and for those that have helpful insights for others that are struggling please also contribute. Addiction is an epidemic. There is hardly a family that has not been touched by it. I think that we underestimate the damage it does to all of us daily.

"To suddenly see that you are or have been attached to your pain can be quite a shocking realization. The moment you realize this, you have broken the attachment. The pain-body is an energy field, almost like an entity, that has become temporarily lodged in your inner space. It is life energy that has become trapped, energy that is no longer flowing. "The Power of Now author Eckhart Tolle