I haven't been doing particularly well lately. This is obviously all relative; I am light years ahead of where I was during the peak of my addictive behaviors. I am working a plan to get off the drugs I remain on.
I tripped recently, as psychedelics have also been a valuable tool for me; both in terms of personal growth and simply just enjoying life. The purpose of this particular trip was self-analysis and trying to determine *why* do I have this deep craving for drugs inside me? It isn't even one particular drug, I just can't fucking tolerate "normal" consciousness. Now, I realize that I have done a lot of damage and caused a lot of changes in my brain because of long term drug abuse. I logically understand it is normal for me to not enjoy "normal" consciousness because I have been dependent on drugs for so long I have altered my brain chemistry to depend on external chemicals for any kind of peace. I mean, you just can't take drugs every day for years and years on end and expect peaches and roses when you decide to get sober again.
But I digress; the trip I took recently didn't give me any spectacular insights as I was hoping it may but during my day of self analysis I realized that I have a deep empty pit inside me and I have no idea what to fill it with. I had a decent childhood and was always well cared for but I have craved drugs ever since DARE class in grade 6 and the DARE cop first mentioned LSD and seeing pink elephents. I thought that was pretty fucking awesome, and it all went down hill from there.
The pit can't be filled with drugs, trust me I have tried. I don't believe the pit can be filled with "God" as I already have a solid spiritual basis in my life. I have been in true love, and yet I was still never content.
I feel like if I could just identify what it is that I *truly* crave that makes me act out in impulsive, erratic, and self destructive tendencies I would be in a much better position to achieve sobriety, let alone maintain it for any real duration.
I recognize now this pit has always been here but I've never understood it in the terms I do now. I also notice how it has effected other areas of my life; I will not get in a serious relationship with a girl because I have a record of destroying every I touch, and I have also been absolutely against the idea of having a kid even when my SO wanted me to. I wonder now if part of the reason I don't want children is part of me fears (or even knows?) that I will never be able to fill this insatiable emptiness inside me and it is highly likely I will either die or be incarcerated in the process of doing something related to drugs to try to fill this void within myself.