Recently, Russell Brand wrote on his blog about the death of Amy Winehouse. He said,"The priority of any addict is to anaesthetize the pain of living to ease the passage of the day with some purchased relief." This statement reminded me of the book I had to read for my Life Coach training. It was a book about "soft addictions".
"Soft addictions or Purchased relief" can be drugs, alcohol, food, tv, clothes, cable, movies, constantly checking the internet, emailing...anything that takes me away from the joy of the moment of now.
One of the gifts that my brother, who as I like to say, was the image and likeness of God having an experience as a drug addict, taught me was 1.) love is the only thing that really matters and 2.) unless you are living fully present in the moment, you are more than likely practicing some type of addiction, be a soft addiction or hard addiction. So, whenever I hear about someone dying from an overdose or an addiction, it's a reminder to check-in with myself and ask, am I fully living or living fully (filling my life up with a bunch of stuff to pass the time away)
That's my two cents.....
