Dr. Twerski's Sober Thought - June

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June 7

The Lessons of Sobriety

A concise statement of recovery is: Short-term gain with long-term risk is addictive behavior; short-term sacrifice with long-term gain is sobriety. Perhaps you are overcome by an urge to buy something you cannot afford, and are then burdened with long-term indebtedness. Or you binge on sweets and spend days trying to lose weight that took moments to acquire. If we could feed data into a computer and print out a message that said, Caution! This is a short-term gain and long-term loss, we might avoid much destructive behavior. In absence of such a device, we have recourse to sponsors, whom we should use wisely.