Dont know how to stop
Went a week and then relapsed.It doesn’t seem like I can go past a week.I don’t know what to do
Went a week and then relapsed.It doesn’t seem like I can go past a week.I don’t know what to do
That’s okay, you can and you will get past it. Sit and reflect on what led you to relapse. What was the challenges you were dealing with. Where were you. What else is going on in your life. Then reassess your mindset and approach to quitting. Really think About why you’re quitting. What helps me is to write about it, I include My moral conflicts and desires of who I want to see myself become. Make it easier on yourself to resist, rather than pure brute force or white knuckle it. More on that below. Have some patience and self compassion. Give yourself grace and forgiveness Focus on the reasons you are quitting everyday and during every urge, rather than focusing on powering through or completely resisting the urges itself, cling to the purpose. For me, it’s to reach my fullest potential and climb into a life worth living. No more excuses. You know the urges will come, and you know you can expect it to be intense at a week or sooner for you. Your brain is fighting back. But because you know these things, you can better prepare yourself for the next run and strive to make it just a bit further. Since you are now familiar with your challenges, Urges to relapse are a battle you can easily win when you pick the battlefield(your environment), pick the weapons (your coping strategies) and have patience. As time passes, the urge will too. So during those difficult moments, remember the purpose you have for quitting, as that purpose will raise your tolerance of pain for greater rewards. Set a realistic expectation for when to see the payoffs. A week, 24 hours or a month are commendable goals. But the expectations of fulfilling the purposes or reasons should be scheduled for a later date. This date can be dynamic, but the pursuit of reaching it will get you past it. If you have a strong desire to go to a concert, but it’s an hour and half drive and tickets are expensive but you’ve been dying to see this artist perform live, the more willing you are to tolerate the pain of expensive tickets and pain of travel and the pain of lodging. So you have to come up with your best reasons for quitting and hold them close at hand.
A week at a time is still a victory. You know what it can be like when there is no self control or effort. One may dump hours into the numbing addiction. But that conscious effort to stop - even if you keep falling after a week - is a victory nonetheless. If you fail 1000 times, as long as you make the effort to quit, you’re still winning. God bless and keep at it 🫡
Day by day. Be present with what you feel. You may have failed yesterday but you can always win today. Keep racking up the wins
You got this man don’t give up I’ll be praying for you, remember that God always provides a way out to flee from lust keep on moving and don’t give up, you may stumble but you won’t fall.
It may seem like a failure but the great thing is you are pacing yourself well to not be too focused, try to push past that week, even 2 is such a strong achievement aim for longer breaks you got this