A speaker describes shifting from paranoia to pronoia, the belief that the universe conspires in your favor. This mindset became a tether to reality and accountability, even through relapse. He seeks joy outside substances, grounded by the conviction that he's meant to be here.
I flipped the script from paranoia to pronoia, which is literally the antithesis of paranoia, being that like the idea that the universe is conspiring in your favor with love. Ever since then, I like, so in that moment, I did like, even though I started using again after that, I did have this like, this thing keeping me from only doing drugs. Right? It's still a tether to reality, an obligation that I gave myself, because now I've given myself an obligation to be seen, to be held accountable for my presence somewhere, and to just do something that sparks joy that isn't substance-based. Mm-hmm.
