# I was once comfortably numb **URL:** \ **Category:** Humanism\ **Created:** [September 7, 2024, 12:00pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/i-was-once-comfortably-numb/11096 "2024-09-07T12:00:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lausten](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.centerforinquiry.org/lausten/32/23705_2.png) [@lausten](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/lausten)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2024, 12:00pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/i-was-once-comfortably-numb/11096/1 "2024-09-07T12:00:01Z")
On our way back from Maine, we stopped at the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame. Up in a corner, near some sort of coffee shop like gathering place, there was this, written on a wall that was made to look like the album of “The Wall”. It didn’t have the whole story, apparently Roger Waters had a reckoning with his addictions and choose to face them. "To deny my addiction and embrace that ‘comfortably numb’ but ‘magic-less’ existence or accept the burden of insight, take the road less travelled and embark on the often painful journey to who I was and where I fit. “The Wall was the picture I drew for myself to help me make that choice” – Roger Water Summer 1995 ![20220928_145436](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/centerforinquiry/original/3X/8/f/8f1a74c965d6b257db0fb656a798b1cee910987a.jpeg) I think too many people stop when it gets to the painful part. They return to the addiction or switch to a new one that is maybe less destructive but still not constructive. They take the focus off of their self-discovery and lash out at others who are more wrong than they are. It’s easy to find a cadre of others to share the addiction, even if the addiction is to wallow in self-pity because they “discovered” life is hard. This is observed in AA meetings, where the members need someone to be addicted so they can have a purpose supporting them. If fresh members don’t appear, someone relapses.