recovery

One of the central myths of American romance right now is this notion that you and your partner should be able to tell each other anything and everything

I am begging you not to do this

There are so many things about you that are just for you, for your soul, as well as a whole other category of things that are only for your therapist or priest to... See more

newsflash buddy “motivation” is actually a metric for the strength of the narratives/personal myths you tell yourself

In my experience, at least some degree of nondual realization makes handling addictions WAY easier.

It's no longer me handling a force, fixing myself, purifying my psyche. It really feels like what Rumi said:

"Be melting snow. Wash yourself of yourself"

You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive.

― James Baldwin

I couldn’t quit smoking until I convinced myself that smoking was for losers.

Wasn’t enough to “want” to quit. I had to actively disdain it in an over the top way.

After the identity-belief changed, the rest was (relatively) easy.

Aaron Francis