So many of us use crutches to avoid our pain: drugs or alcohol or food or porn. We might use money or status. Sometimes we even use good things in the wrong way, like sports, relationships, careers or hobbies. We continue to numb ourselves, ignoring all that pain, but if that pain goes untreated, it becomes infected. It’s that kind of infection that poisons us from the inside out. And no one is exempt from this kind of poisoning. There are times when all of us need a crutch. There are times when medication can give you a foothold or at least a temporary relief from the panic. But crutches are
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