Have You Gotten Your Fix Today?Addict to Addict — Let’s Talk.

(A Conscious Cougar Perspective)

Most people think addiction only means drugs, alcohol, sex, food, gambling, or work.

But let’s be honest.

You’re probably addicted to something.

And before we judge anyone else, we should know this: we already have that in common.

ADDICTIONS WE DON’T LIKE TO CALL ADDICTIONS

Power. Money. Status. Validation. Outrage. Being right. Busyness. Perfection. Control. Chaos. Image. Distraction. Different addictions. SAME ROOT.

HERE’S THE PART MOST PEOPLE MISS

The person addicted to power and money and the person addicted to heroin on the street are not opposites.

They’re responding to the same early EMPTINESS.

Something that wasn’t received. Something that wasn’t mirrored. Something that didn’t feel protected or safe.

Not always abuse. Sometimes absence. Sometimes conditional love. Sometimes being unseen while “appearing fine.”

The child doesn’t say, Something is missing. The child says, Something is wrong with me.

And that belief gets carried forward.

ADDICTION ISN’T A MORAL FAILURE

Addiction is a survival strategy that outlived its usefulness.

It once kept us going. It once numbed something unbearable. It once gave relief.

Until it didn’t.

THIS IS WHERE HEALING ACTUALLY BEGINS

Healing doesn’t start by judging someone else’s addiction.

It starts when each of us is willing to look inward, do our own inner work, and allow Spirit (and life itself) to guide us through the lessons that free us.

Yes, therapy can help. Yes, support matters.

And yes — it is also possible to be guided through the very patterns that once had us trapped.

WHY THIS MATTERS BEYOND YOU

This is how personal healing becomes social healing.

One nervous system at a time. Because we’re all connected.

It's a new week. New awareness. Have you gotten your fix today? …What are you gonna do about that?

much love, Gillian