Healthy people adjust their behavior to meet their goals. Addicts adjust their goals to meet their behavior.

I was even worse; I didn’t adjust my behaviors OR my goals.

As ex-stoners, we wanted to give up our power and not try for anything. We existed just to be high, and didn’t live. All our goals and actions were in service of keeping the high going. Being high was what fueled our life.

Now, it’s different. We have the power to act and live out our values.