Dallas Bragg argues that calling yourself a struggling addict keeps you trapped in the identity itself. The drama and adrenaline feel comfortable, so you unconsciously seek out triggers. To break free, he says rewrite your story: get offline, leave triggering environments, and stop performing the victim role.
You aren't sober yet because you've created an identity around the struggling addict. You are addicted to being triggered, constant cravings, men taunting you with invitations to party, shirtless pics, and so on. You get an adrenaline and dopamine high from this damsel in distress narrative. The drama is comfortable. You are subconsciously creating scenarios to compromise your recovery. Because it fulfills the beliefs you've adopted about yourself. I struggle so hard. I just can't get away from the temptation. I remain in flux and in danger. I'm not enough to be a sober person. The way out of this is to begin showing up differently. Rewrite your narrative. It begins right now with cutting off access to any form of temptation. Get alone, get offline, get out of your story.
