Dallas BraggFormer crystal methamphetamine user, I help men who have sex with men break free from the addictive patterns associated with Chemsex. Currently expanding my expertise by seeking to become a Certified

Sobriety begins with your inner dialogue #addictionrecovery #recoveryjourney

6 Apr 2024 · 1 min

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Persistent negative self-talk like "I'm a horrible person" or "I suck" hardens into beliefs that fuel shame and block recovery from addiction. The speaker argues that healing can't happen when these damaging thoughts dominate your inner narrative, making it essential to reshape how you talk to yourself.

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Walking around with this inner dialogue that I'm a horrible person, I've screwed up, I've hurt people, I'm an abomination. That becomes a belief system. That becomes an internalized dialogue that now I just back in my head. Maybe I'm not even thinking of it all the time, but just this feeling that I suck. And how do we heal and how do we get better from addiction, mental health, whatever it might be? If we just have this inner belief that we suck or we're not good or we're dirty or unclean.