So…
This morning, I woke up thinking about the phrase “Chasing the Dragon” that is oftentimes used in relationship to herion addicts. Although there is a ton of information here about how herion affects (and infects) a person, I like how this writer explained it:
This term is a bit more complicated than merely “smoking opium”. It starts when you have your first high, the world is peaceful, everything is perfect, you’re numb, but in the best way possible. But, soon, it starts wearing off. Fast. Your mind races, you’re pulled out of your dream world. You crave the drug more and more, wanting to feel the same way as you did on your first high. You go to the dealer and buy the same amount you had the first time, and smoke. Still feels good, but not as good as first time. You go and buy more. Closer, but not quite there. You’re stuck, you don’t know what to do. You want to go back to that little dream world and stay forever, but your body is already developing a tolerance. You panic. You use all your money to buy more and more and more, but still, not the same as that first time. You realize that you have no more money, so you start selling your things, pawning whatever could get you that next bag. Still, nothing compared to what you had on that first, magical time. So, you’re broke and own nothing. But you don’t care, all you care about is getting back to the first high. You start stealing, doing “favors”, whatever gets you the money for the attempt. Your life becomes a living hell, all in search of a repeat of the first high. That’s chasing the dragon.
I’ve read similar commentary before and a lot of it states that you don’t get that initial high until you overdose. *Until it’s too late*.
And then I thought about how Satan is referenced in Revelation: “So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.” (Revelation 12:9-NKJV)
I’m sure some of you already see where I’m going with this. Being that John 10:10 tells us that, “The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly“, and being that I can certainly relate to how porn often had me caught up in this kind of mental hamster wheel, when you think about that phrase, when you think about how the Word, which is God (John 1:1), tells us that Satan is “the great dragon”, in reflecting upon your own porn experience; how you felt the first time you watched it, why you continue to go back to it and how awful it makes you feel right after your…*high*:
“In your personal journey with porn, does it feel ever feel like you’re chasing the dragon?”
Sound off…