I was addicted to pleasure for most of my life, until I “woke up” and
got it together. I spent most of my time and energy pleasuring myself
(I thought) by eating huge amounts of food, watching endless TV, and isolating myself. I tried everything I knew to get pleasure, in order to soften the pain of living.

Until I “woke up” I thought my destructive behavior was pleasure. Then
I began to realize that it was all illusion. The pleasures I was
embracing weren’t serving me. They were hurting me even more, and
making my problems much worse.
I then learned what real pleasure is: Communicating with God and
others, being healthy, giving and receiving love, doing work well, making positive changes, helping other people.

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