Importance of Practice

I have found that one of the things helping me keep the streak alive isn’t to hope for strength to resist or fight temptations, it’s to square up against my demons and take them on. Each time I’ve had a setback, I go back and understand the feelings I was having and what I was trying to find by viewing. Then I would replay the whole relapse but imagine making a better choice. And I do that 25-30 times, making it real and celebrating the better choice until it was so clear in my head that it was as clear as the memory of the relapse. That way, the next time I had feelings I wanted to avoid or an urge to view, I could recall that feeling of choosing not to, and it felt easy. I will do that a few times a week, reimagine the situations that tripped me up, but very clearly imagining a better choice. I think it helps to engage the subconscious mind so it doesn’t feel as hard when an urge hits. It’s been working.