Sobertown Podcast EP 123: Fighting the Addict Voice
Oct 7, 2021
Explore a groundbreaking approach to overcoming addiction with the ACT technique: Awareness, Clarity, and Turnaround. A personal journey reveals the struggle of listening to the 'addict voice' and the power of cognitive dissonance. Discover how using ACT can rewire your brain, helping you resist cravings in real-time. With community support and practice, old habits can be transformed into automatic, healthy responses. The message is clear: fight against addiction actively; recovery is truly possible!
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Zombie Mode Driving To The Liquor Store
- Unknown Host describes repeatedly driving into a liquor store despite intending to go home and feeling like a passenger in his own body.
- He credits finding the I Am Sober app and Annie Grace's This Naked Mind as turning points that exposed the 'addict voice'.
Cognitive Dissonance Reveals The Addict Voice
- Unknown Host had an 'aha' learning about cognitive dissonance and identified the addict voice as his subconscious.
- He realized a battle existed between his conscious desire to quit and an unconscious pathway driving drinking.
Use ACT To Interrupt Cravings
- Use the ACT method: Awareness, Clarify, Turnaround whenever a craving hits to interrupt automatic behavior.
- Walk through what's happening physically, name feelings, then imagine the real consequences to weaken the craving.
