12 Step & Recovery Friends discussion

Hello everyone,
I'm new, and noticed I'd never introduced myself :-( My book above was released in paperback a few months back, and the eBook just released on Amazon for Kindle. I wrote my story to help, and be of Recovery service to others, now that I've reached 6+yrs recovery. It was time to "Pay it Forward. I now also started *Advocating* for late teens and college age young adults from the Dangers of Addicted Gambling.

Did you know...out of the 16+Million problem gamblers in just the US alone, HALF that number is young adults and late teens.....This is unacceptable.
I have a Recovery Blog if you'd like to visit, at: http://catherinelyonaddictedtodimes.w... Would love to see you. I look forward to interacting with you all here, God Bless, Catherine Lyon

Very cool Catherine,

I got clean and sober as a teenager. I am reading THE FIX now by Damian Thompson.

. “Perhaps the crucial feature of addiction is the progressive replacement of people by things. That deceptively simple statement is a brilliant insight, though I can’t claim credit for it. It comes from Craig Nakken, author of the bestselling book called The Addictive Personality, who argues that addicts form primary relationships with objects and events, not with people.
“He writes: ‘Normally, we manipulate objects for our own pleasure, to make life easier. Addicts slowly transfer this style of relating to objects of their interactions with people, treating them as one-dimensional objects to manipulate as well.’
“What begins as an attempt to find emotional fulfillment ends up turning in on itself. Why? Because the addict comes to judge other people simply in term of how useful they are in delivering a fix. And at some stage, everybody lets you down. Therefore the addict concludes that objects are more dependable than people. Objects have no wants or needs. ‘In a relationship with an object the addict can always come first,’ says Nakken.”

Damian has a whole chapter devoted to Internet gaming and it's relentless pull.

I'll keep an eye on your blog.

Joe C
Beyond Belief: Agnostic Musings for 12 Step Life
http://rebelliondogspublishinng.com

I totally AGREE with you have said! I tell others that there is ONE THING the same about Addiction & Recovery, They are Selfish......We are selfish and don't care about anything or anyone when we are using....and Recovery is just as selfish, WHY....because in order to be successful in recovery. It has to be 1st and foremost. Just my feelings. Thanks Much, I look forward to your visit to my Blog. All the Best! *Catherine* :-)