Your Life's Difficulties

When you enter treatment there is often a feeling that your difficulties are like a great big boulder. You have tried and tried to move it on your own, but it is just too big and heavy. When we first start out, both you and I can move the boulder together. As time goes on, we carefully analyze the boulder for cracks, where chunks of the boulder can be chiseled away. Sometimes, we’re able to find a spot where a large chunk can be chiseled away. Other times, it’s slow going and there is much effort involved to chisel out a small piece. You are the one who does all the chiseling. I help you to discover the cracks and analyze the boulder.

As you continue to chisel away, the boulder slowly shrinks. It gets to the point where you need less and less help in moving it. Eventually, you find that it is small enough to push around on the ground on your own. You and I work together to continue looking for cracks where to chisel to make the boulder more manageable. For some people, that boulder gets shrunken down to the size of a grain of sand. For others, it’s remains somewhat heavy, but can be put in a backpack that results in some fatigue, and perhaps a little pain at times, but is manageable.

 

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