recovery
Seems like one of the highest leverage stories for many ppl (me included) to reprogram is the one that goes like:
>I am struggling
>I am struggling and it is my fault
>I am struggling and it is my fault and I have to deal with this on my own
>I am going to isolate myself until I am presentable for other humans
I remember when marijuana was medically legalized in Los Angeles. I would see massive lines out the door of dispensaries in my neighborhood. Looking at everyone waiting for their kush, I’d ask myself, “Are all these people really here for ‘medical’ usage? This feels more like legalizing mass addiction to cope with depression, anxiety and god knows ... See more
Tucker Walsh on Substack
People who trust themselves trust themselves because they’re honest with themselves. More specifically, they’re honest about what they need to restrict themselves from or altogether avoid. We think that the more we trust ourselves, the fewer boundaries we’ll need; the opposite is true. The people who trust themselves the most are the ones who honor
... See moreKatherine Morgan Schafler • The Perfectionist's Guide to Losing Control
Trusting yourself looks like finding the courage to override the constant temptations to minimize the small but meaningful steps you’re taking to honor your intuition. Trusting yourself looks like depersonalizing setbacks. Trusting yourself looks like realizing that just because the thing you felt so certain about changed, that doesn’t mean you wer
... See moreKatherine Morgan Schafler • The Perfectionist's Guide to Losing Control
Forgiveness performed from obligation does two things: it excuses the behavior of others, and it reduces our ability to be conscious and present with the pain we truly feel.
When we rush to forgiveness, we lose our connection to our original wounds.
When we rush to forgiveness, we lose our connection to our original wounds.
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Embed future in today. Action bias in here and now. And weave time to unleash compounding. Small steady steps in right direction
Your sanity depends on you finding the comedy in the chaos
Dylan O'Sullivan • Tweet
It’s common for addicts to realize that it’s addiction all the way down. While some of us have had more “extreme” addictions, all of us have been captured by a recurring false possibility that a certain solution will ease our pain, only to make our problems and pain worse.
It’s baffling how susceptible we are to this progressive, possibility-narrow... See more
It’s baffling how susceptible we are to this progressive, possibility-narrow... See more