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How to quit quitting for the last time
If you want to quit quitting, then adopt the mindset of the potty training parent.
They will be frustrated along the way, but even if they are tempted to, they never quit trying because they know that eventually their child is going to figure it out. That child will not be in diapers forever.
How would things be different for you if you believed with 100% certainty that you will regain control over alcohol?
Odds are that you wouldn't need to quit quitting. You would get up, dust yourself off, learn what you can and keep moving forward. That is the way to do it.
This is why belief is so important, it keeps you moving forward.
When life is rough
How much time do you spend actively pointing your brain towards what is going right in your life? Cultivating this practice can make a huge difference in your quest to drink less.
The story about the monster under the bed is much worse than the monster itself.
Most of us are emotionally illiterate and are afraid to feel our feelings. There really isn’t an incentive to do so because we can shop, scroll, eat or drink our way out of them. But turning into them gives you freedom. It turns out that the monster under the bed isn’t as scary as the story that you have created about him.