For instance :
- intent to live a happy life
- succeed in something that seems unattainable

But as one of my friends once said to me “you find what you are looking for”.
So if/when an affirmation does not seem to work, then look at what does come up, because infinite intelligence is showing you what is in the way of getting to your goal.
Although not reaching your ‘end-goal’ yet, it will you something really valuable to look at. And yes it is something inside, an opinion, an habit, an idea that might be in for a change of perception. It will enrich your life, don’t give up !

not only have i struggled with addiction to drugs but i struggle with even controlling the things i say without having thought things through

i realize that being young means making mistakes is commonplace (i am 17), and that the only way to actually have self betterment is making the mistake, but realizing it as a mistake and then making change. but if lsd and shrooms have taught me anything, its that some mistakes can last lifetimes, and that is something that i dont think i will ever forget.

until a recent self awakening, i have been living in a world of false realities. i was living in a world that was driven by my own selfishness, and that is true ultimate downfall.
having realized my own mistakes, i completely broke down.
i was looking at the way of life that i had been living, and was so dissatisfied not only with my behaviors, but my lack of self control.
i completely lost my sense of self. ego death, you could say.
so in a frenzy of emotion (mostly tears) i made affirmations (and still do) that i cannot and will not let myself fall back into addiction, or more so rather, lack of self control.
i feel as though my drug use and meaningless sexual encounters were simply epitomizing my own selfishness. i realized that i was using these things as a way to try and make myself feel happy. but the happiness that was gained from those experiences was mostly just instant gratification. ive realized now that i do not need (meaningless) sex and drugs to be happy, and actually (one of the positive things gained from my experiences) is it is the drugs that have taught me that true happiness was (and is) right before my eyes, within reach.

since my awkening it has been hard, because i still have so much regret for the mistakes ive made. but it is in the past and all i can do is look upon these mistakes and learn from them.
i am trying to take it day by day, and with affirmations it does make some things easier.

the words exchanged in this blog are not only meaningful, but inspiring. and i truely thank all of you because along with the new self control i have gained (and that i am working on every single day), these words really help me realize the right path.
thank you all so much for that.

jai guru deva, om.

Impressive. You may be right. I’m still at the stage where it’s the amount of chocolate I keep at the house that I need to control, not eating it when it’s there is not an option.

However, I do think it cannot be said the other way around, especially with habits and addictions that are so very life destroying. Just because you don’t know why you started, doesn’t mean you should not try to quit.

I don’t know why affirmations help, but I guess it doesn’t really matter. I am a recovering drug addict, and my sponsor insists that i make daily affirmations to myself. I keep them on a piece of paper with a list of “gratitude” that i read to myseld in the mornings.

I take issue with the al puglisi’s comment that “Self control is not the issue, the issue is understanding why you do what you do. Once you know why, you will know the “why not.” ” That might be able to be said for chocolate (i’m not sure, since i don’t like chocolate), but certainly it is different for certain chemical addictions. I knew very clearly the “why not” of a cocaine habit (jails, rehabs, near deaths) but knowing the “why not” through and through was not enough to stop me…