Rehab is for Quitters

Webster's dictionary defines the word "quit" as "to stop, give up or leave." It further states that it means to "give up a job or position." The word "withdraw" is defined as "to draw back, away or aside" or "to retract." I once saw a t-shirt that read "Rehab is for Quitters." At that thought I chuckled to myself and was in fact greatly amused at the thought. Rehab is, in fact, for quitters. Quitters of drugs and alcohol or some other kind of addiction. Rehab gives people the power over what makes them weak and allows them to grow. To change. In the rehab of life, people don't always get a second chance. Fear paralyzes them. Bitterness cripples them. Anger prevents them from moving on and getting past their pain. I recently withdrew from law school for very personal reasons but decided that maybe it was truly not the place for me. You could say that I, in fact, quit. I had reasons that prevented me from continuing on, but I am not sorry I did. I liked law school but hated Florida. I liked my classmates but was terribly lonely. I liked my independence but hated living alone. Everywhere I turned was a catch-22. I had to come home and give up my addiction. I was addicted to accomplishment. I had to always do something, be somewhere, be somebody. I was going to do it at all costs. My drive was destroying my life in much the same way alcohol or crack destroys the body. It was impossible for me to continue living if I wasn't doing something productive with my life. And now here I sit, at a complete standstill and with the most clarity that I've ever had in 30 years. I woke up today and realized that I'm not going anywhere and I'm perfectly fine with that. The reason is because going nowhere doesn't mean not becoming anything. It means that I can finally see where I'm going. If quitting something is always this easy, then I think I'll do it more often.