From time to time I am called “mean” and “cruel” for speaking the truth I observe. People want to act like they are truth-tellers…they detest being lied to…… but you TELL them the truth and they bow up, call you mean, and have nothing more to say. (Ironically, they don’t seem to have any difficulty lying to others, even when they don’t want to be lied to!) They may acknowledge that what you have said is true, but just because it is, you didn’t have to say it! Or they will disagree but refuse to even debate the point with you or challenge your perspective ….. more often they just walk away angry and dismiss you as mean.
I told someone today I am not a diplomat about addiction. This is not a sorority sleepover. I am a drill sergeant, a guard dog, your wake-up call. If you are not ready to fight for your life, do not enter the recovery battle. The Enemy is going to double down on you and everyone around you who is there to help you. I am not going to put more skin in the game than you are willing to put there.
So know what you want when you get here. The fakers and the fainthearted are culled out quickly. The Enemy takes no prisoners. His goal is your death…… spiritually for sure, but he’ll settle for psychologically and/or physically, or both, if he perceives you’re not really committed spiritually anyway.
There is a war. I know who wins but there are going to be a lot more casualties before it’s over. I intend to fight for every one assigned to me. And recruit them to the Cause, if possible. But the Cause is not freeing others just from the substance or process that held them bondage. It is the larger Cause of destroying the Enemy in one home at the time, one neighborhood at the time, one community at the time until he is routed for good and has nowhere to hide!