Don’t eat or drink water for a couple of weeks and you’ll understand the difference between compulsion and compulsory.
When you will die eventually from your compulsion or die without your addiction of choice is irrelevent. You’re in addiction territory. Semantics are meaningless. Death makes no such distinctions.
March 3, 2019, 22 years 100% clean and sober. Almost died March 2, 1998. The distinction between compulsion and addiction is very subtle. Either, can lead to death. Peace!
I’ve generally found that people who believe that it’s all will power are the first to enter into denial and the last to enter rehab and the most likely to die. I’ve held their hand while we experienced all three together - denial,rehab (emergency room), death.
Best of luck my friends. On the other-side is contentment.
Keep coming back!
“March 3, 2019, 22 years 100% clean and sober.”
I wish you continued success in making good decisions.