I used to love to escape reality and numb myself to the pain of the moment. It took me a few years to figure out that it was actually making things worse and creating more pain. It's ok to run away for a while, but now I know that there are better options.
When I was struggling with my gambling addiction I couldn't find a book on what I wanted to read. I wanted help out of my mess. I needed something that wasn't too clinical and that talked about more than the author's story of addiction. Group meetings didn't work for me. I stumbled around hoping more...
