Psychology
Man Overcomes Alcoholism by Keeping Alcohol on Nightstand Every Night for Year
Lewis Howes School of Greatness
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"He said, I needed to train myself for at least 1 year to be around it all the time and not give in. I needed to create a new identity with temptation, not eliminating it all. He put alcohol out on his nightstand every night because that's what he used to do."
Howes recounted a conversation with someone who broke a multi-generational cycle of alcoholism by deliberately placing alcohol on his nightstand nightly for a year as a form of identity training. The individual, who witnessed his father's arrests for drunk driving as a child and repeated the pattern, has not had a sip in over 15 years after this unconventional self-experiment in temptation resistance.
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