How to Defeat A Hearing Deficit Disorder as It Relates to Addictions
Have you ever heard of hearing deficit disorder? Well it took me a long time to realize that I suffered from it and now I know the problem exist with many people today, not just young people. A hearing deficit disorder is a problem that goes like this, what a person tells you, you are sure that you heard and understood them, but what they actually said is not what you heard.
The reason I bring this up is because many people who suffer from addictions are ego driven, they will act like they know what you said, rather than ask you what you meant. Sometimes they actually believe they knew what you meant and don’t feel a need to ask, yet their interpretation is entirely wrong, this is a hearing deficit disorder.
It is at this point in our lives that we begin to have problems, our lives start going astray, the harder we try to look good, the more we fail. This type of thinking only draws us further into a deep, dark hole into which we are sliding and don’t even realize it or choose to deny it. Many of us live our lives under false pretense believing no one will know.
We increase our intake of drugs, alcohol or anything to make ourselves feel better about ourselves because we know that we are no longer okay and Mr. /Ms Ego can no longer convince us. We fall deeper into the hole. One day we wake up, we face our demons, and our choices are to climb out of the pit and find a better way to live, or continue to go deeper into the pit and get sicker.
Many of us were raised to believe that if we followed the entire directions mommy & daddy taught us about living life, then everything would be wonderful. We would wind up living in the perfect world. Now I don’t know who sold that bill of goods but he/she was one heck of a salesperson.
I’ve watched many people hit the wall when they were faced with making the choice of recovery or going back to where they came from. I’ve seen many choose to go back to where they came from and the end results have never been pretty. Many of them die an ugly, slow, painful, alcoholic death, but a few do live long enough to come back to recovery and learn to live a sober, fulfilling life. That is always so heartwarming to see.
Overcoming a lifetime of wrong thinking and being close minded is not an easy matter to overcome but it is possible, if you really want to. It requires surrender, willingness, open mindedness and honesty to the very core of their being.
This is a course that must not be taken alone if you want success. I know from experience that anyone can find a wonderful happy and healthy life if they stay on course and take time to share it with others.
If you’re feeling lost and want help contact a church, or a 12 step program, mission, salvation army, hospital, or treatment program listed in phone book. Any or all of these programs should be able to lead you in the right direction.
Seek God and He will show you the way.
Read John Chapter 8 verse 12.
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