THECATINTHEHAT
Bluelighter
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- Oct 17, 2005
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opis and benzos can all too easily fit into daily life as i think you have probably experienced yourself. Whether that is a recipe for using the substances succesfully is a different matter. How do you define success though? I beleive that in the short - medium term atleast, things can be succesful and sustainable with benzos.
Personally I would define success by the substances enhancing your experience of life rather than making it worse. Certainly there are many people who use substances in what you might describe as an addictive or habitual pattern but are perfectly happy and getting on with their life. That's not been my experience though.
For me, my current thinking is that worrying about what constitutes an addict and whether I need to be t-total and all that sort of caper is counter-productive. I just try to make sure that every day my actions are moving me towards where I want to be in life rather than further away. Who knows though, maybe that is denial in itself.....