SLIP SLIDING AWAY

SLIP SLIDING AWAY
I remember this song so well, and it had a whole new meaning to me.
I have seen too many lives just "slip sliding away.
Although the context I will reference has to do with addictions, it relates as appropriately to any major life change a person makes. As an example, I have seen people who have spent a lot of time and money on weight loss just let their progress slip slide away.
"Slips", in my opinion, are a planned action. They don't just happen. If you’re not in tune with your internal thought process, they can, to your conscious mind, just happen but in the subconscious the slip is premeditated.
There are many ways to safe guard against going dramatically backwards and it is something I address in depth with those I work with. This like getting over any denial and 100% acceptance, living a holistically balance life, enjoying reasonable self-esteem- all these things and more insure regression doesn't take place.
While you may not specifically have an addiction problem, you will likely relate to this passage as easily as the addicted:
Slipping
A common rationalization about not making the program goes like this: "Harry over there slipped ten times before he made it. So what if I slip a few times?"
What is overlooked is that the last time Jack slipped, he slipped into a coffin; the last time Bob slipped, his baby son burned to death in a crib because of Bob's negligence, the last time Ann slipped, she got strychnine poisoning and became blind; and the last time Jim slipped, he tried to kill his wife and nearly did.
We're not playing games here. This is a matter of life and death.
Have I stopped slipping?
Higher Power, let me know that it is not only my life but the lives of others that I endanger by playing loaded games.
Day by Day - Second Edition by Anonymous
Would you point a revolver with one bullet in it at your head and pull the trigger?
I certainly don't mean to be dramatic, but achieving the place you want to be in your life is a serious business, and not being serious about change can be fatal. I've been to the funerals (and not just of addicted people) to know it to be true.
I hope this gives a few people who read this something to think about. Don't let your life go "Slip Sliding Away". If you’re interested in this subject and discussion, let's talk!