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“For years, I had chosen to espouse addiction, sex, and success, rather than espousing the one who actually, truly, fully, cared about me. I had to live in lavish indulgence of my sin for years, before I was able to realize that it couldn’t ever fully satisfy.”

Success Sex Addiction Indulgence Satisfy Cared

Book:Pursued: God’s relentless pursuit and a drug addict’s journey to finding purpose

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“What I found was that solving the puzzle of addiction was not as simple as refraining from certain substances, people, and activities, and replacing them with healthier ones. Physical and social changes like these helped and were a necessary part of my recovery, but they were not enough.”

Addiction Puzzle Solving Healthier Refraining

Book:Pursued: God’s relentless pursuit and a drug addict’s journey to finding purpose

Source: Pursued: God’s relentless pursuit and a drug addict’s journey to finding purpose

“The bottom line was, if I could outsmart the judicial/legal system, then I could keep my addiction. But was that really what I wanted? Here I am, talking about my addiction as if it were some small and innocent pet, something that merited my unconditional affection. Wasn’t it tearing my life apart?”

Addiction Addiction And Recovery Addiction Memoirs The System Loving That Which Kills Us

Book:Pursued: God’s relentless pursuit and a drug addict’s journey to finding purpose

Source: Pursued: God’s relentless pursuit and a drug addict’s journey to finding purpose