What you get when you let go of addiction
Here's the good news: Giving up addiction gives you more than just what you give up. It also lets you reclaim a huge part of your life that addiction has taken away. That one change can be enough to turn everything else in your life around, too.
You get a better family life.
You get a better family life.
You will find yourself more in touch with your kids, who will be happier and more peaceful. You'll be able to enjoy their company and engage in meaningful conversation with them instead of worrying about where the next fix is going to come from. Your relationships will improve, too: You'll spend less time out of the house drinking or high, which means that you're more likely to be there when your partner needs you—and vice versa!
As an added bonus: You may even get some of the stuff you always wanted but never had time for (like getting into shape!) or experiencing things you've only dreamed about (like traveling).
You gain more chances at real happiness.
One of the most common questions I get is: "How do I know if my struggle with addiction is really over?" The answer is, you'll know when it's over. You will feel different. And when you feel different and better than ever before, that's when your journey has reached its end.
You'll have a new kind of happiness inside yourself—one that doesn't depend on other people or circumstances, one that is not dependent on anything outside of yourself at all. You'll find real happiness from within and from helping others in need—and not just strangers but even friends or family members too! That's the beauty about recovery; it makes an impact on everyone around us whether we realize it or not!
The best part about this type of happiness though? It gets better with time because as time goes by our lives get fuller and more meaningful as each day passes by... We become wiser through experience which allows us to help those who are still caught up in their own struggles (which happens quite often nowadays unfortunately).
You get to feel proud of yourself.
When you're in addiction, you don't get to feel proud of yourself. You're ashamed and embarrassed that you can't stop using, even though other people are telling you they love and support you. But when you let go of addiction, it's a different story.
You get to feel proud of yourself for getting free from your problem in life.
You get to be proud because you know how hard it was for yourself and others around you; but now that struggle has passed, and now there’s something better than before: sobriety!
You also get to be proud because it means that all the time spent worrying about your drug use or drinking was wasted—if only I could have done something like this sooner! But now I can start living my life on purpose instead of just drifting through it aimlessly like an addict does."
You get to feel like yourself again.
You can feel like yourself again.
You can be a person who makes decisions based on what's best for you and your life. You can do the things that feel good, without worrying about how it will affect your addiction. And you don't have to worry about relapse or the guilt and shame of it all because you've let go of addiction.
Getting free from addiction gives you the chance to have a better life
Getting free from addiction gives you the chance to have a better life. In this section, we’ll talk about what you can do with your newfound freedom and how that will affect your life in the long term.
You get to be your own person. No one can really know exactly how it feels for someone else unless they experience the same thing themselves, but if there’s one thing all addicts have in common, it’s that their addiction takes over most of their thoughts and emotions. When an addict stops using drugs or alcohol or gambling or whatever it is that they are addicted to, they stop thinking about those things so much and start focusing on other things—things like friends and family who care about them; hobbies they enjoy doing; work they enjoy doing (if they can find employment); schoolwork; etc., etc., etc… Basically: everything besides their addiction! And as time goes by, this process continues because now those other things become more important than ever before because there isn't any need anymore just "get high."
You can do it
Wherever you are in the process—whether you’re still figuring things out, or whether you’ve been struggling for years and feel like giving up—please remember that there is a light at the end of the tunnel. The road to recovery can be long, but it’s worth it. Your family deserves to have a better relationship with you. You deserve to be happy and feel proud of yourself. You deserve to feel like yourself again (or maybe for the first time). And most importantly, if we can help it and if you want us to: no one deserves an addiction.