During the year, many people experience the flu. They have symptoms which include congestion, fever, physical exhaustion, and a general feeling of BLAH!!!

These symptoms are not the flu, but an indication that your body is dealing with an influenza virus. These symptoms are really a blessing as your body is trying to deal with the virus. If the symptoms did not appear, you would never know you had the flu and for a rare few, they would not survive.

Another example would be chicken pox. The sores that appear on the skin are not chicken pox, but only a symptom of chicken pox.

Now let's consider addictions as symptoms. Drinking, using drugs, shopping, internet/porn, gambling, or any other habit that brings you pain and suffering can be considered a symptom of possibly a larger problem.

As stated prevoiusly, these symptoms are blessings or signals of something larger. I never had gratitude for my addictions until I started seeing them as symptoms that my beliefs were creating a life of pain and suffering.  

Addiction is not the issue; only a symptom of a life of pain and suffering. Are you ready to dig down deep and start looking at the real issues?  

Visit our site at Warrior Addiction Recovery and see how we can create change by focusing on the issues behind your addiction.