Addiction is a progressive frequently fatal disease. It rarely gets better on its own. It usually just gets worse.<\/p>\n
I define addiction as the reward centers in your brain don’t work right.<\/p>\n
Here<\/a> is a treasure trove of MP3s on Underearners Anonymous talks. <\/p>\n A favorite speaker of mine is Matt. Here are some highlights from his talk #163:<\/p>\n * It’s a wicked cunning baffling disease. It’s an addiction of compulsive thinking.<\/p>\n I came in from three other programs. I heard that the credits don’t transfer. If I do the work, I change, and people treat me differently, and I have less to resent. <\/p>\n The nub of my recovery is knowing that I belong. That I am not separate. <\/p>\n My under-earning thinking had me buy into the idea that I was separate from those who earned and were wealthy and prosperous. I have two options from that state of mind: I can go into my cave or I can lash out at the world to show how big I am. Neither of those work.<\/p>\n I laugh more freely and deeply and consistently at myself and my life than I ever have before. It is one of the gifts of the program… The laughter is a sign of recovery. When I laugh at myself, I can see the madness for what it is. When I don’t treat my under-earning, it is deadly. For me to under-earn, it is to die. If I don’t treat my under-earning, it will lead to behaviors that will kill me or others. <\/p>\n Prosperity is about good things coming easily. It’s the experience of being alive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Addiction is a progressive frequently fatal disease. It rarely gets better on its own. It usually just gets worse. I define addiction as the reward centers in your brain don’t work right. Here is a treasure trove of MP3s on … Continue reading