Your point about becoming a student of your own compassion rather than forcing discipline really reframes the whole approch to quitting. Most people try to white-knuckle it through willpower when the real shift happens when you find something worth more than the pattern you're repeating. The hidden financial costs you mention are massive too, not just the booze itself but all the chaotic decisions that come with impared judgment.
I love your comment so much, thank you for sharing. I believe it’s really hard to be kind to ourselves. I notice it in myself and try to catch it. We are taught so young we need to become something outside of ourselves rather than becoming ourselves. Just the best version of ourself. We are born out of compassion and love, it’s our baseline. We loose sight and need to come back. I do believe discipline from a different perspective of continuously showing up for ourselves in healthy ways helps build the guardrails around relapse.
It’s really cool what you are doing with your work by the way. Important with the direction we are going with technology.
Your point about becoming a student of your own compassion rather than forcing discipline really reframes the whole approch to quitting. Most people try to white-knuckle it through willpower when the real shift happens when you find something worth more than the pattern you're repeating. The hidden financial costs you mention are massive too, not just the booze itself but all the chaotic decisions that come with impared judgment.
I love your comment so much, thank you for sharing. I believe it’s really hard to be kind to ourselves. I notice it in myself and try to catch it. We are taught so young we need to become something outside of ourselves rather than becoming ourselves. Just the best version of ourself. We are born out of compassion and love, it’s our baseline. We loose sight and need to come back. I do believe discipline from a different perspective of continuously showing up for ourselves in healthy ways helps build the guardrails around relapse.
It’s really cool what you are doing with your work by the way. Important with the direction we are going with technology.