So, as you know if you’ve been reading this blog… we’ve gone through some crap over the years. One thing that helped me get through some rough times has been my love of beer. There was nothing like a high quality beer to help take the edge off or to help me relax, etc. But I noticed a couple months back that it wasn’t helping anymore. The options seem to be 1) try more of it and maybe that will help, or 2) stop drinking. Well, I tried #1 a couple times and all that gave me was a slight hangover the next day. So a number of weeks back I decided to try #2. That has helped a lot actually. I do miss the taste of beer, but I am feeling much better.
That got me thinking about all the things in life that we do that helped at first but aren’t helping anymore… and yet we just keep doing them. We may justify it by saying “at least it’s not drugs” about our shopping addiction, but we still need to realize the point when our relationship to it changes. So, before life becomes a wreck of addiction or compulsion we should examine what we are doing with ourselves. Is it still helping? If not, stop doing it!
