Be Fully Aware And Get Rid Of Addictions

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Addiction to anything is an unconscious or mechanical process. It is not just addiction to drinks or tobacco. It is addiction to even religion. People, who pray unconsciously and mechanically, following a routine, will find it very hard if they miss even one day"s prayer. For them, it is an addiction and so it causes anxietywhen missed.

If we analyse the habit of drinking, we will understand how self-contradictory we are in this habit. Let me try to explain. We drink to feel joyful, but we end up becoming miserable. We drink so that we can be called sociable, so that society will accept us, but we end up becoming argumentative! We drink so that we will look sophisticated, but we end up looking insufferable. We drink so that we can sleep, forgetting all our worries, but we wake up feeling more exhausted than ever! We drink to experience ecstasy and end up feeling depressed! We drink to feel confident, but end up becoming afraid of ourselves. We drink to maintain the conversation, but end up becoming incoherent. We drink to see our problems dissolve, but end up seeing them multiply!

This is the truth and you know it better than I do! Now tell me honestly, is it really worth drinking?
Every time you drink, drink with complete awareness. Every time you drink, drink consciously, slowly, watching every movement of yours, tasting every drop of the drink, and watching the reaction of your body to it.

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