wanna do cocaine?

Hey bro,

“wAnNa Do sOmE cRaCk CoCaInE?”

The chances are, you probably don’t.

(hopefully not, at least)

It doesn’t really take you any energy to “resist” doing cocaine, or heroine, or any hard drugs like that.

You don’t have to keep a streak of how many days you haven’t done cocaine.

Or use “cocaine blockers” to keep the dealers away.

You don’t even feel attracted towards doing it.

Why?

Because you associate it with all this negative imagery.

It’s like this horrible, dark thing. It ruins lives.

You picture like some druggie under a bridge doing heroine, all dirty and grimy.

Not you.

But then how come you can resist doing this so easily,

but when it comes to scrolling on social media,

or watching pornography,

or playing video games,

or eating junk food,

suddenly you have to try so hard to stop yourself from doing it?

You see, the problem is that somewhere in the back of your mind, you still see these habits as “good”.

You still view them as a treat, a fun reward.

You put them on a pedestal.

This is fundamentally a self-image issue.

You could never see yourself doing hard drugs, because that’s just “not the type of person” you are.

But you still see yourself as someone who scrolls on socials. Or eats junk food. Or watches porn.

So you act in line with your self-image.

These things still have power over you.

You see all these “strategies”, “quick tips and tricks” on how to break these addictions.

(hell, even I make videos like that.)

You wanna know the real secret?

Change your self-image.

I stopped watching porn when I started seeing myself as someone who is actually capable of attracting girls.

I stopped scrolling when I started seeing myself as an A* student.

How do you do this?

Well, no, unfortunately you can’t just delude yourself into thinking that you are something that you’re not.

You need evidence.

I always struggled with eating junk food because in my mind, I still saw myself as this skinny-fat, pudgy-round-the-face little kid.

Then one day, I looked at myself in the mirror and realized I had actually built a pretty decent physique.

I realized I had been consistently working out, 3-6 times a week, for over a year.

That was the one moment I can point to when my self-image flipped on it’s head.

That’s how it usually happens - your self-image stays down with your previous self as you keep growing.

Then one day, the distance between where you actually are and where you used to be grows so big that the rubber band snaps and suddenly your self-image updates.

So go out there, and collect evidence for the identity you want to adopt.

And if you’ve already done that, just look at the evidence that’s already in front of you,

And claim your rewards.

Speak soon,

-Yvan

P.S. If you want to learn more about changing your attitude towards your addictions, check out this video here.