Consciously Exploring Your Relationship with Drugs
Humanity has a complex, long-term relationship with a wide variety of drugs. In this article let’s delve into your personal relationship with drugs, how you frame them, and how you might upgrade these relationships to be more conscious and aligned with your path of self-development. Let’s include common drug sources like coffee, tea, and chocolate too, so this will be very inclusive.
My purpose here isn’t to encourage or discourage you from using any particular substances but rather to invite you to take a more conscious and honest look at your current frames, attitudes, biases, and behaviors, and determine if you want to make any improvements there.
This isn’t as simple as it may initially appear. You have many options for these relationships, much more nuanced than good/bad or right/wrong. If you’d appreciate a more mature exploration of this topic, you’ve come to the right place.
Language
A key aspect of our relationship with drugs is how we communicate about them, both to ourselves and to others.
Notice how different labels can change how you feel about a drug:
Caffeine
Coffee
Green coffee
Organic coffee
Pour-over
Cold brew coffee
Small batch roasted coffee
Artisan coffee
Sumatra
French roast
Cuppa
Tea
Green tea
White tea
Coke
Pepsi
Cola
Energy drink
Red Bull
5-Hour Energy
Latte
Espresso
Cappuccino
Starbucks
Decaf (still contains some caffeine)
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Source: Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Steve Pavlina Tags: Creating Reality Emotions Health Lifestyle Relationships Values Source Type: blogs
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