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⢠When that pleasure-pain balance tilts to the side of pain after the experience of pleasure, we experience feelings of discomfort, restlessness and irritability which can leave us unhappy and wanting to recreate the feeling of pleasure.
⢠ANY type of addiction makes us malleable and you canât behave in a rational or ethical manner if you are addicted to dopamine.
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⢠The only way to not get hooked to this pleasure-pain cycle is to ensure the time in between each âfixâ is long enough for our dopamine levels to drop back to our personal baseline of dopamine release.
⢠Research has found chocolate increases dopamine above baseline by about 50%, sex is about 100%, nicotine is about 150% and amphetamines is about 1,000%.
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Dopamine detox and a shift to conscious consumption with due consideration of the consequences, giving you back some of the power and freedom you lost when you pledged yourself to the rat race and the status competition.
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D - Admit that you have addiction and collect DATA about it.
O - Understand the OBJECTIVE of your consumption addiction.
P - What is the PROBLEM consumption addiction is causing?
A - 30 days of ABSTINENCE.
M - Practice MINDFULNESS.
I - What INSIGHT do you get into your desire to consume , the problem it causes .
N - What are the NEXT STEPS beyond 30 days of Abstinence.
E - EXPERIMENT what strategy suits you .
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2. Increases self-motivation
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3. Improves emotional regulation
4. Develops great self-control and willpower
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5. Develops and improves patience
6. Increases life satisfaction
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You are probably very aware that the hard activities bring value to your life, and the others just momentary pleasure, so why do you still gravitate towards them? To understand this, we need to look at a neurotransmitter known as dopamine.
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