The opposite of addiction is not sobriety. It is human connection.
I read a report that
Addiction
Is not a matter of chemical dependency only.
A rat in a cage alone returns to the cocaine water
Again and again, yes.
But put the rat in a stimulating environment
With rat friends, and that same addicted rat
Ignores the cocaine water, and re-enters society.
Assuming the report is true:
How can we expand love and connection
To those in unwanted cages?
I think that is very true - but also true that that cage might be inside as well as out. When we travel I don't even crave food - so much to see, so much to be filled with - surely we can wait a few more hours for lunch - when will we ever be in Seville again,after all? And yet really, we can have that kind of anticipation and excitement every day if we are looking for it.
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