Freedom

 The addict has given up freedom of choice.  But there will come a new freedom if the addict finds a spiritual path to recovery.  What is this new freedom?  The freedom to become their best self, the person they can be with all their gifts and talents functioning more fully.  Addicted, they survived.  Addicted, they acted like someone they were not.  At times they did not function much at all.  But when they become free of the daily desire for that substance, that craving, they open up a door to new energy and insight and become a transformed person.  They are free and it will show in the brightness and lightness of their being.  They become more helpful to others, more aware and attentive to those around them.  A walking miracle one might say.