Tangled In Tendrils of Terror

People Clutch the Helping Services

The hearts of therapists and social workers ache with intense regret.

We see that people’s attention is not directed toward what is worthy of this day and time. Accumulation of material wealth, baubles, and toys never leads to self-appreciation and ease with one’s life.

Truth is the sun that has risen above the world.

But we are trapped in the dark corners of our imaginings, negotiating the uncharted spaces of the mind as it fights for, and sometimes against, its survival.

The waters of progress surge all around us.

Instead, we are dehydrated and weak with thirst. We live in a century of illumination on earth in the day of Elysian radiance hoped for throughout human history. But, observe how darkness has overspread the world.

In every corner of the planet, there is strife, discord, and warfare of some kind.

The manna of advancement comes from the hopes of sages, yet we grope and stumble in a famine-stricken land. Humanity’s honor is through acting on the knowledge of truth. Humanity’s happiness is from love; greatness is dependent upon humble service.

The highest development of humankind is entering into moral providence, and the outcome of human reality is the nucleus and essence of intimate acquaintanceship with undeserved favor.

Great is need.

I write about addiction to substances, behaviors, and thistles of the soul. I consider human rights to be God-given.

I am a retired rehab counselor, aware of the changes in addiction treatment during my almost five decades in the addiction field. I aim to increase awareness, plant nourish, and cultivate ideas, images, and emotions about the challenge of addiction to humanity. I stopped drinking long enough to get an education. although starting and stopping several times after that, I stopped picking up on October 16, 1976. Clean and sober another day, I have another day added to the string. I have not had time to be an intellectual, an Arnold look-alike, or anything colossal except a person with an addiction.

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