Overcoming Addiction – If I Can Do It, Anyone Can Do It

                                                                                         

If I overcame being addicted to alcohol and cigarettes, anyone can. For the better part of 15 years I engaged in both drinking and smoking enough to be considered "addicted". I'm not one to buy into such labels, but if we do become addicted to alcohol and/or cigarettes, then I was surely addicted. I drank and smoked every day for the better part of that entire 15 years. And not just having one or two drinks. I drank at least a twelve pack of beer a day, and smoked at leasta pack of cigarettes a day. I didn't keep a running tally, but those had to be the averages. I always made sure that I had at least eighteen beers in the fridge and a fresh pack of smokes around.
For years I used to ask myself if I had a problem, but would then forget about it and just have a beer. Then something very interesting happened. My wife at the time got pregnant and my daughter was born. Once that happened I knew I had to make some changes. Looking back now, I know that my daughter was sent from God to teach me these things. Once I saw her beautiful face, I knewI had to stop both practices. Sao, that's what I did. I walked away from them. No meetings, gum. pills, or patches. I just stopped, because I wasn't going to be the guy who tells his daughter the dangers of drinking and smoking while he sucks on a beer and lights up a cigarette.
I don't disparage anyone for anything they would like to do, it's all good. It's just that for me, I had to stop. I simply wasn't going to be that guy. My point to this is if I can do it, anyone can do it. I drank and smoked as much as anyone and walked away. I guess the old saying is true, If the why becomes big enough, the how becomes easy. That's exactly what happened to me. My daughter was a big enough why, that the how was easy. I know everyone has a why of some sort, and if not, just get yourself one!

About the author:
Trevor Kugler is co-founder of http://www.JRWfishing.com and an avid angler. He has more than 20 years experience fishing for all types of fish, and 15 years of business and internet experience. He currently raises his three year old daughter in the heart of trout fishing country…..Montana!


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