Opiate: The Physical & Psychological Addiction

Create New Memories

WAR CONCEPT: Opiate: The Physical & Psychological AddictionOpiate causes the two addictions: the psychological addiction and the physical addiction. When the addict is locked into both addictions (psychological & physical) they have zero agency due to the psychological feeding the physical addiction-and then the physical addiction feeding the psychological addiction. This is why Opiate is so hard to overcome because once you try and make your way around his physical grips, his psychological grips then grab onto you. When you are locked into Opiate physically - only taking him so you don't feel sick then you don't really even notice the psychological because of how intense the physical is being. But when you get past the physical, removing opiate from your system, then is when the psychological addiction makes herself known. In my experience it is the psychological addiction to Opiate that keeps people entangled in his relapse cycle. Depending on how an individual used opiate determines how their psychological will unfold in which triggers from their past use are what will steal their peace. The problem with opiate is his strong link to the memory. So if you use him on a Sunday night while hanging out with your family then on the next Sunday night while hanging out with your family you will want to use him again because your memory will tell you so. However, if you get get around the craving on this next Sunday and do something different then you will have created a new memory that will block out the previous Sundays memory of using Opiate. In order to do this you must do something that is just as powerful as the opiate escape, and even more so. You must go and create a unique experience for yourself that involves intense physical activity in a unique location; spiritual work through meditative thought, prayer, and reading; and of course healthy nutrition so that you can feel good about what you are putting into your system. So maybe you go for a jog along some railroad tracks where you take a unique trail up the the side of an unpaved hill - which then lands you at a unique park where you then read something powerful on your phone, while also getting lost in meditative thought and prayer. Such an experience just might be unique enough to cause a powerful memory to stick within in your mind-so that on next Sunday you will be able to lean on that memory instead of the opiate memory. If I can teach you how to get around an opiate craving then I can teach you how to beat Opiate. Also, if I can teach you how to get back on track if you lose a battle to Opiate, then I can teach you how to beat Opiate. I have lost many battles to Opiate; more than I'd like to admit. But I don't focus on how many I've lost. What I focus on is how many times I've bounced back to living the WAR lifestyle, which is a hundred percent of the time.  I know this much about opiate addiction: when you relapse you don't have to keep relapsing. The next day is hard, I'm not going to argue that. But if you truly have the understanding that no progress will take place in your life if you keep going steady down his path, than you will have what it takes to stop. The relapse cycle is what this WAR lifestyle excels at helping people overcome. The next day after a relapse can be full of perfect eating, strength and conditioning, reading, and intense spiritual work. If you work hard this next day after a relapse at living the WAR lifestyle then you will stay steady on the WAR path and not on the Opiate path. No one in the addiction world wants to talk about relapse. Well, I want to talk about relapse because relapse happens. So if relapse is going to happen, then why shouldn't we talk about it? I'm not condoning relapse, however, if you do relapse - then go ahead and fight on this next day with using the WAR lifestyle. Yes it is true that you are going to feel negative, tired, and depressed, but have the courage to put the WAR lifestyle back into your system by not being afraid to create a new memory. If you go and create a new, unique memory through being physically, mentally, and spiritually active, then there is no doubt in my mind that you will live to see another clear day. Please post your thoughts concerning this concept or email me what you wrote: dustin@workoutaddictionrecovery.com-Hawk