What the process of recovery does, in essence, is to allow the addict to find self-transcendence instead of self-destruction. The immediate effects of self-transcendence and self-destruction can feel quite similar. The difference is that with self-destruction, beside the fact that one drives oneself to a miserable death, it doesn’t really address the root problem. A person who is focused on blotting out his or her own self is still focused on self. The only solution is to start to rise above the self, to transcend it. This is the essence of spirituality and having a conscious relationship with
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