I was inspired this week to bring to all of you a topic that I was never able to conceptualize, but always felt lingering in the back of my mind. For once, my doomscrolling on TikTok has benefited the success of my extracurriculars. Since I saw a creator make a video titled “War On Pleasure.”
This creator spoke about his past addiction and how he keeps a strict discipline on certain habits. Just because he couldn’t find a healthy balance with alcohol or substance usage, doesn’t mean he wasn’t deserving of the simple pleasures we all should enjoy.
I thought his openness and wisdom were very refreshing and thought-provoking. A person having actually experienced his own rock bottom is still finding ways to celebrate himself. It got me thinking about society’s constant need to feel that in order to obtain a reward, we must suffer self-sacrifice…