Dallas Bragg argues that fighting your craving for meth makes it stronger. Instead, he says treat that part of yourself with compassion, the way you would any other desire. When you stop hating the addiction and accept it as part of you, he claims, freedom becomes possible.
You say you need to tame the beast, or I'm gonna win over this addiction, or I hate addiction. You keep going back to meth because you've treated that part of yourself as the enemy, with hatred, with disrespect. Your addiction is a part of you, and just like any other part of you, like the part that loves sunshine, the part that hates traffic, the part that drinks milk out of the carton, just like any other part, wholeness and freedom comes from loving that part of yourself Unconditionally. All parts of you are perfect. All parts of you deserve kindness. Think of this: if you have a conflict with another person and you speak hateful words to them and about them, how easy will it be to resolve the conflict? If you are kind and patient and loving, how would that change that circumstance? The same applies to the conflict you have with a part of you who wants to use meth. Drop the weapons and open your arms.
