Dallas Bragg identifies two victim mindsets that trap people in meth addiction: one blames yourself as a bad person, the other blames your environment and waits for rescue. Both keep you stuck. The creator mindset flips this by treating problems as opportunities and owning your power to change.
So you fall into 2 victim categories. It's all my fault, or it's all everyone else's fault. And both perspectives blind you to the truth that leads you to recovery. So Victim 1 says, I choose to live in shame because I'm a bad person who made a series of bad decisions. I deserve the worst because I used meth. I'm dirty and forever blemished. With that framework, how in the hell are you ever going to heal? You are saying that you've victimized yourself. You are your own perpetrator. This usually comes from taking the blame for everything else in life because a parent or somebody else constantly corrected you. Victim 2 says, I choose to live in powerlessness because of how I grew up, my religion, my father, my school system, my financial state, my sucky job, My physical appearance, the treatment center I'm in, all the people in it, and everything else I can pull in to show that I can't help but to use meth. My life makes me do it. Everything is your perpetrator. You make sure of that. You accept that you are powerless and project your anger onto everyone else. You expect someone else to save you. And even when people try to save you, It's never enough. Remaining in a victim mentality will keep you going back to meth. The opposite of a victim, that's a creator. They are open to solutions out of their problem, and they empower themselves to create them. They believe that nothing is impossible, and with that perspective, guess what? Nothing is. Creators view their world as opportunities, not obstacles.
