Rule #3: Never Give in to Guilt

Rule #3: Never Give in to Guilt

There are two things I'm sure everybody reading this has experienced at some point:

Failure & Guilt.

Everybody has tried... 
Everybody has failed...
And everbody has felt guilty about letting friends, family, or themselves down.

But does feeling guilty really motivate you to "get back on track?"

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4 Insights That Will Change the Way You See Addiction Forever

4 Insights That Will Change the Way You See Addiction Forever

I want to introduce you to two people–Christopher and John.

Each of them regularly consumes a particular substance that he truly enjoys. Christopher regularly consumes substance F and John regularly consumes substance A.

Both of these men realize that consuming their respective substances is an unhealthy habit, but they proceed to consume them every day regardless. For them, the unhealthy consequences are worth it.

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Why You're Deceived by "The Example Rule"—and How to Find the Truth

Why You're Deceived by "The Example Rule"—and How to Find the Truth

Frightened for her life, Alison Cebulla jumped out of the way of the car rolling toward her. Then she looked up…

“The car was actually just parked there,” she told me. “It wasn’t moving at all. I was so sleep deprived, I was hallucinating all the time. So I looked like a crazy person.”

This was Alison’s lowest point in her addiction to methamphetamine.

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The Will of the Underdog—How Dr. Carl Hart Went From the Streets to the Laboratory

The Will of the Underdog—How Dr. Carl Hart Went From the Streets to the Laboratory

Carl Hart woke up to screams from his parents’ room.

His father had come home from having an affair and his mother chose to retaliate by boiling maple syrup and flinging the burning hot liquid at him. 

She then bolted out the front door into the streets of Miami and fled in a car before the man could get revenge of his own. Carl and his sisters were grateful that she managed to escape, because if he caught her, he would’ve killed her.

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How I Discovered That Everything I Thought I Knew About Addiction Was Wrong

How I Discovered That Everything I Thought I Knew About Addiction Was Wrong

The evidence was clear: cocaine, heroin, and amphetamines are so addictive that they are deadly.

In many experiments, researchers found that lab rats with access to these drugs would take hit after hit until they actually died.

The drugs, it seemed, were so addictive that the most important  of any animal – the survival instinct – wasn’t even strong enough to stop them from continuing! 

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