RandMart wrote:
mrfreeze wrote:
In my last couple years of sobriety from alcohol, when struggling with other addictive patterns, I realized that I am a “high-seeker” - so in 2021 I am looking forward to another year of getting high on life! Of course, a big generator of my daily life-highs come from triathlon training, and the seeking of those highs positively feeds hunger for performance and growth :)
To put a spin on an earlier comment, the monkey is always awake so I just keep feeding him things other than external substances!
The world is awash in stories of people who gave up drinking or drugs for the endurance lifestyle
Be warned: Endorphin Withdrawal can be an equally terrible thing to experience if something goes wrong [injury, as a prime example] and horrible to watch
I do appreciate this feedback, and it's something that's been on my mind! Not only the risk of losing the ability to train, but also that the transfer of focus from one outlet/space of addictive patterns to another is not the same as shaking the pattern altogether (and so questioning whether I have actually made progress).