Drama

In a halfway house, there is always a ton of drama. And it is usually hilarious. It is a fact a of life. In most halfway houses or places of recovery, you will find that gossip is running rampant. Before I tried to stop using drugs or drinking, I never learned to focus on my own issues and downfalls. When I looked at myself, I denied being the source of my own problems, therefore shifting blame to everyone and everything else.

That being said, when you take the drugs away from me, I still naturally put the focus on other people and their ridiculous activities, pointing the finger at others, so I don't ever have to confront my own terrible character defects.

I have been living at this halfway house for almost one year now, and it stills baffles me to hear and see some of the things that people talk about. For example, he had sex with her in walgreens bathroom, she got drunk on mouthwash, and many other stories.

I have come to realize that although these accusations sound amazingly impossible, they are true a lot of the time. I have been around long enough now to know that addicts and alcoholics WILL do anything, predictable or not.

I wish I could remember some of the really good dramatic events that have happened that just blew my mind, but I am having a brain fart.

The only way I can survive in abstinence from drugs/alcohol successfully is to try and keep the DRAMA to a minimum in my relationships. Chaos and misery love company, and my disease always urges me to join the party of destruction.

Now, instead of being apart of the drama, I choose to just get a good laugh from it, while I'm standing as far away from it as possible so it doesn't get me in trouble.

God bless how entertaining it is to witness absolutely crazy behaviors and it not be me in the middle of the commotion. My advice to most new people is to stay clear of the black hole
I call DRAMA or CHAOS. Just get your laughs by listening about it.

Am I wrong to use other people's misery and craziness for my own source of entertainment? Just a little food for thought.....

Please comment with any really funny stories about drama in recovery or just in life in general. I would love to see what kind of ridiculous stuff pops up in the comment section.

It's been really fun. I'm sleepy........


JB