Dallas Bragg argues that meth use protects people from painful feelings they're avoiding. Real change hurts at first, but that temporary discomfort is different from the false comfort of drugs, which costs more every day.
Meth is protecting you, protecting you from what you don't want to feel. I fiercely resisted facing those feelings. Every meaningful transformation in your life will bring temporary discomfort and resistance. It doesn't make sense, but you resist giving up meth because you know subconsciously what's underneath. The key to learning to distinguish between short-term growing pains that lead to long-term freedom and the false comfort that delivers increasing suffering over time. Your old patterns offered immediate relief but extracted a price that compounded every day. Your new choices might feel tender initially or resisting, but they're building a foundation for authentic joy.
