An experiment: The Time Machine

Let's face it. Addiction recovery is a slow, painful, arduous process. It is so easy to get wrapped up in the mundane, everyday struggles and to feel like we are moving at a whopping speed of 0.000000000000000000000000000000001 miles per hour, as the snails and Galapagos tortoises whiz by us. Frustrating, isn't it?

So ... what if I gave you a time machine and told you, "Press this magic button, and you will be able to see where you (and/or your addict) will be one year from now!" Awesome, right?

Unfortunately, I have no such magic button. But ... I do have a wicked cool picture of a time machine. See?

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And I have figured out a method to make it work the other way. It's going to take a little more waiting on our part, though. Like, say, maybe a year ... haha

Here is how my Time Machine works:

Stop for a minute. Write down where you/your addict are now. (There is no time limit on this. Do it today, tomorrow, sometime in the next couple weeks ...) It doesn't have to be anything big. If you have a blog, sweet! Blog it! If you do it that way, let me know, and I'll link to your post right HERE. If you don't have a blog, no worries, just write it down in a journal or Word document where you know you can find it a year from now. Next summer, when all the kiddos start getting out of school, I'll post again and direct everyone back here to my spectacular "Time Machine." I think we will all be surprised at the changes that will have taken place a year from now. But we need a marker to start from. And this is it. Sometimes it's so hard to see what we've accomplished in this crazy battle against porn and sex addiction, and this will be a great way to get some perspective!

Here are the participants so far. (Great job, you guys!):

Do You Feel Any Hope? - Mrs A. (Kill Your Own Buffalo)

Does It Ever Really Get Better For Anyone? - Mac (Be Strong, Be Confident)

My Here And Now - S (I Will Find Healing)

My Time Machine Entry - HX (Working Towards Healing)

I'm Getting Stronger - Jaded (Faithfully Jaded)

When you've written your post or entry, leave your link (or if you don't have a blog, just write 'journal') in the "Comments" section, and I'll add you to the list. 

HELP ME SPREAD THE WORD! Link to this post and/or write a brief summary of what you're doing on your blog. Encourage your readers to participate too. Remember to have them head back here and give me their link too, so we can all link together for next year's big reveal. C'mon y'all! Join in the fun. :)