People hate hearing this. It activates all sorts of unprocessed pockets and mental shields because they’re scared of me taking their booze and night-life entertainments away.
And to that I say: You’re going to remain in an addictive pattern until it runs its course anyway. Neither I nor anyone else can make your addictions go away. And even if I could, why would I rob someone of their experience?
I’ve had my own addictive cycles. Alcohol and drugs and clubbing were never my thing, but the consumption of media (doom-scrolling, anyone?) and porn were ways I adrenalized myself. I was numb, and numbness invites all sorts of high-pressure, high-sensation behaviors.
When you’re in your body, those behaviors fall away naturally. Not at first, and you’ll probably engage in them from time and time, but your body will send you a very clear, “Stop.”
And it won’t be a stop that’ll tempt any subconscious wounds like, “Oh, I shouldn’t, but I can’t resist!”
It’ll just be a No.
No, thank you. I’m done doing that.
There’s a gravitas to that knowing. It’s a subtlety that honestly takes years to cultivate, and I’m certainly practicing it every single day. It’s a commitment, but it’s so rewarding.
The ability to sit with your body, go inside and feel every twitch, gurgle, prickle, every spot of heat and cold, every numb and electric area, is a gift available to all of us.
Your body is the only vessel you need to experience life to the fullest.
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