“Understanding myself now, I fared forth in high hope. For three or four months the goose hung high. I went to town regularly and even made a little money. Surely this was the answer—self-knowledge.” (Page 7, Big Book)
Once it becomes apparent that the God system is working, lots of energy, previously suppressed by the addiction and its energy-sucking vortex, is released, wildly, exuberantly. Time is available, energy is available, and the universe and its joys and treats are rediscovered.
Amidst this elation, slipping is possible. Thinking I’ve got it cracked, paradoxically I think I could slip and come back and stay stopped as easily as this time.
Wrong.
Each stage of stopping and staying stopped brings with it its particular own opportunity for the addiction to entice me back.