The fact is that the majority of our thinking and actions are on autopilot. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing either. Our habits, routines, impulses, and reactions carry us through our lives so we don’t have to stop and think about it every time we wipe our ass or start a car.
We all have habits, routines, impulses and reactions. They are the things that make us like us. And that’s basically all they do. It’s good to be aware of your habits, routines, impulses, and reactions, but these things aren’t always on auto-pilot, and they can even be damaging.
All habits, routines, impulses, and reactions are hard to change, but some of them are more harmful than others. We have to learn how to exercise a little meta-cognition and say, “Hmm… every time my sister calls me and asks for money, I end up drinking a lot of vodkas. That might not be a coincidence,” a person without self-awareness just hits the bottle and doesnt look back.
A person without self-awareness just hits the bottle and doesnt look back. This is a big problem for people who use drugs. Imagine if you were a heroin addict. When you’re using heroin, you feel like you’re on auto-pilot… but when you stop using heroin, you feel like you’re not on auto-pilot, because you no longer have to think about all the consequences of your actions.
In fact, the first time you stop using heroin, you have less and less control over your actions. As the addict comes to terms with the idea that he/she can no longer control themselves, the urge to use more and more drugs becomes a real thing, and the person finds themselves on the downward spiral of addiction.
It’s really not that hard to stop using heroin, you just have to stop thinking about the consequences of your actions and stop allowing yourself to be seduced into doing things that you don’t want.
As you learn to stop using heroin, you begin to be able to stop thinking. As you stop thinking, your behavior changes, and you stop being the person you were before you started using. As you stop being the person you were before you started using, you stop thinking. You stop being the person you were before you started using.
You need to stop thinking. You need to stop thinking about your actions, your reactions, your thoughts, your thoughts, your thoughts, your thoughts, your thoughts, your thoughts, your thoughts.
That is a very profound statement, and it goes straight to the heart of one of the most common problems with addiction. It points to something that is almost too common, which is that addicts become so fixated on their drug that they forget who they are as a person. As you stop thinking, you begin to be able to stop thinking.
This is similar to what happens to people with ADD, except that instead of thinking about what you want to do, you begin to think about what you don’t want to do. In this case, the problem is more like that of alcoholics. Because alcoholics see themselves as a person, they often do things that they would normally avoid, or that they think they shouldn’t do.