Alcoholism, drug addiction, drug treatment these are the topics I usually write about—after all, it is a blog about drug addiction.  The thing is I felt like I also needed to write about the good things in my life so that addicts will see that there is more to life post-addiction than just going to group or talking about triggers, so this blog is about my “happy places”.

Happy Place Number 1: My girlfriend’s arms.  I have the world’s best girlfriend.  She’s smart, funny, and has a really big heart.  She’s cute (always a plus) but I actually care less about that stuff post-addiction.  When I was younger the girl had to be cute (as cute as me) or else I wouldn’t give her the time of day.  Once I started using the girl had to be in the scene, too.  My girlfriend was the exception to this “in the scene” rule and I’m really glad for that.  Anyway, besides being the girl that pushed me into a drug rehab she’s also the person that introduced me to other types of video games besides first person shooter and into fantasy RPG games.  This brings me to my Happy Place Number 2…

Fantasy RPGs are the BEAST!  Right now I have defeated several dragons, bought a house, and got married to a busty brunette serving wench.  Life in my alternative, cyber existence is very, very good.  Yes, I may have a video game addiction this is true, but for me, at least, this is addiction is much kinder on my central nervous system.  If I can’t get home to my video game I don’t face an afternoon of chills, headaches, and nausea that requires a diet of white rice.  Speaking of diets and rice, Happy Place Number 3 also deals with food.

My mother’s kitchen will be on overdrive soon with her Holiday Cookie Extravaganza.  Mom’s goes cookie crazy during the holidays and I cannot wait to mow down on her spritz cookies and chocolate bird’s nest clusters.

Life is good in recovery.  Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.  Every day that I wake up without worrying about where to get my next fix, or how to come up with the money to pay my dealer is a good day.  I have plenty of reasons to stay sober and plenty of reasons to once more enjoy my life.

My last happy place I want to talk about is just…inside my head.  I like myself again and that has been a long time coming.  I used to hate being alone when not on drugs because I couldn’t stand myself for being what I thought was a loser.  Now, I feel good again about who I am.

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