addiction
Within us there is a child bound by order, control, sedation, expectation, judgment, and self-denial. Our anger is this child screaming for air and sunlight from within the dungeon of our forgotten heart. Whenever we self-medicate, we are practicing internalized child abuse.
Michael Brown • Alchemy of the Heart
I am convinced that some people are driven to addictions to quiet their constant inner critic, but it only gives them another thing to hate about themselves. What a vicious cycle! Moral scrutiny is not to discover how good or bad we are and regain some moral high ground, but to begin some honest “shadowboxing” which is at the heart of all spiritual... See more
Can this be him?
The one I have waited centuries to see?
How strange
So far from his path that I barely see the promise of glory
Can this be him? This Hellboy?
Hellboy by Lil Peep
addiction is a state of compulsion, obsession, or preoccupation that enslaves a person’s will and desire.
Gerald G. May MD • Addiction and Grace: Love and Spirituality in the Healing of Addictions
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