Insanity

The definition of insanity for an addict is doing the same thing over and over again and then expecting different results. We will hit our head until it is bloody on a wall. We will then go to the hospital, get our head patched up, then we will run back to the wall and start banging our head against it again.

I spoke with another addict today who is coming out of jail for the umpteenth time. If I had a penny for all of us who have done the same thing we would all be rich. I have worked with individuals who have come to in the hospital, pulled out all of the tubes, then headed back to to liquor store and or their dealer.

Any time we 'think' that we can handle our disease one more time. We might as well lay Russian Roulette with a completely loaded weapon. The way we think We would tell ourselves that the gun won't go off and then when it does we would blame the gun, just like we blame the disease.