I just want to talk a little bit about the "just one more time" rut that many recovering people get themselves into and how to get out of it. We rationalize indulging in our addiction one last time because usually A. we feel insecure without our addiction, B. we are going through mental and physical withdrawals, and C. we are trying to manage a chemical imbalance with more chemicals (including endorphins). We set a new quitting date, we say that after we work through this current stress or hurt that we will indeed quit and be done with it, but that date never seems to come. Why?

Well in the first place, we are afraid to face life without our protector and pleasurer namely "addiction" so that is one reason. Plus withdrawals have a way of eating at your nerves so we just wants a little relief, and lastly we have believed a lie that has told us that we are unprotected, vulnerable, and endangered without our addiction there to shield us, so there are a number of reasons why we stay in the just one more time cycle. The only way that we can see that we do not need addiction is to face life naturally without it and see for ourselves just how capable we and really God are, and that our lives are actually much better without it after we have quit for a while.

We use addiction as our fake, controllable God that is there for us on our terms, but instead of being the master we are actually the slave. Addiction is a lie that always gives you the opposite of what you think it does. Allow yourself today to be brave and to just quit once and for all. Ask God to help you through the withdrawals and the fear you will likely face without your addiction. Make up your mind that you are worth more than being a slave to a substance or behavior and be willing to face and enjoy life the way you were designed to, "naturally". This is your day to finally be free my friend so allow yourself to walk away once and for all from the "just one more time" trap.