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

There is No Saboteur #addictionrecovery

21 Nov 2024 · 1 min

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In this brief motivational monologue, Dallas Bragg challenges the common label of "self‑sabotage" in the context of addiction recovery and personal failure. He argues that the behaviors blamed on an "inner saboteur" are actually protective responses from a part of the self that loves the individual but fears the disappointment of success. This protective part drives actions—like ruining relationships, getting fired, or relapsing—to shield the person from potential failure. Bragg suggests that by confronting and eliminating the underlying fear of success, this protective part can be redirected to support positive, successful decisions. He ends with a call to follow him for more insights.

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All right, here's why you ruin great relationships, why you get yourself fired from great jobs, and why you keep on relapsing. You think it's self-sabotage, but it is not self-sabotage. There's a part of you that you're allowing to take over, to make decisions that ruins that relationship and causes you to relapse. It causes you to be late so many times you get fired. That part of you is not the inner saboteur. That part of you is trying to protect you. That part of you actually loves you. You have a fear that if you are successful in a relationship and that you are sober from crystal meth and that you do have the job of your dreams, that you're going to fuck it up. That part of you that makes you make decisions that ruin these things are protecting you from the disappointment of the failure that you're afraid of. You put in the work to eliminate the fear of success, that part of you starts working in the other direction and helps you make successful decisions. Follow me for more like this.