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I don't think happiness is a remedy for unhappiness, like there, that was unhappy, now this is happy! ∼Nigella Lawson

Our society emphasizes that we ought to be happy on the whole, as a whole. Happiness is presented as the only “healthy” state of being. You have to be happy and that’s it! Life is not happy or unhappy in such a black and white manner. If we’re not happy, society often insists that something must be wrong. Yet, unhappiness is not a symptom of sickness. Instead, being unhappy is an expression of life—a natural reaction to situations we don’t like. It is a natural reaction to frustration, disappointments, unrequited love, and the bumps along the highway of life. It is healthy to be unhappy when life throws us curves. We mustn’t take in the message to be unhappy about being unhappy. Only chronic and unexplained unhappiness needs to be viewed as if “something is wrong.”

When unhappy, I live with only

one unhappiness, not two. I refuse to be

unhappy about being unhappy.

Throughout my using days I would always say, "I just want to be happy."

∼Chemically Dependent Anonymous P 184