My misery sermon reached a deaf guy today!

[Matthew Mussolini]

So, the question in group was about an important part of recovery.

My answer was "learn to love being miserable. My addiction is trying to make misery go away.

If I welcome misery, love misery like a best friend , mistress, and wise teacher, not want the misery to go away, I grow in my coping skills for dealing with misery, and I learn to love it, therefore I lose the need for it to leave, and lose the need for a chemical fix.

I then grow stronger. The more misery I have, the more tolerance to my misery grows. With resistance comes strength and power".

A deaf guy (I have never heard compliment a peer in group) motioned with his hands.

His sign language interpreter said he was giving me the "affirmative, right, 10-4, I concur, well said".

I found it astounding that the message was given to him correctly in sign language and that he found it deep and liked the message.

He has never responded to a peer in group, or their statements like that since I've been here.

Why would "love and welcome misery" reach him like that? No one knows cept for him.

Any guesses though?

[Audiogen]

My guess would be that addicts often experience a sense of alienation and so when they hear (metaphorically speaking) words that resonate and are relatable to them, they don't feel so lost and alone.

[Amerijuanican]

The way I see it Duce, that was a good bit of wisdom. Ironically I got a similar impression from reading the first pages of the Book of Revelations just a while ago. I had not read of my Bible in quite a while and to be honest, have not read much in Revelations, but tried to slowly "get" it, and in that bit I got a similar message.

[neonspectraltoast]

I think the signing was all wrong and he thought you said something about boobs.

[Amerijuanican]

Boobs?

did someone say boobs?

Didn't that other place have a show and tell page?