Two Guys

Once upon a time there were two guys. They loved to party together, drinking and staying out late, running around with all kinds of wildness. They both were young and had goals. One of the two guys decided that his partying was getting in the way of his goals. So he stopped partying. It is called growing up. The other fellow decided that his goals were getting in the way of his partying. so he lowered his goals in order to keep partying. This is called addiction.

Today? The first fellow is now a successful, caring doctor who can order one glass of wine at dinner and never even finish it. He got married and has children. The other guy? He lost everything including his life. You say, "So? That is not me." Maybe not the party part. The addict was consumed by one thing, one focus, to the detriment of other healthy things. There was no balance in his life. His soul thirsted. If you are unhappy, yet focused on one thing, one activity, above all others, then ask yourself what goals you dropped along the way to get to this dark place. I suspect that if we do not get a life, we will get an all too soon death.