Anna Runkle

Or it's like people who want to suffocate when they're having sex or something. You want to get that close to death and then, ah. It's like that. It's a really unhealthy and toxic high. And it leads to bad things. It makes people alone. And so very few people are actually willing to do what it takes to stop it. A lot of people ask me. Few follow through. But you got to stop talking about it.

You got to stop contact. The talking about it and thinking about it, like a lot of therapists will totally like spend all the time talking about that.

You got to stop contact. The talking about it and thinking about it, like a lot of therapists will totally like spend all the time talking about that.

You got to stop contact. The talking about it and thinking about it, like a lot of therapists will totally like spend all the time talking about that.

Yeah. And how do you feel about that? And, oh, you had a dream. Tell me about that. Yeah. And all of it's so interesting. When you're addicted to hope, that's just fueling the addiction. How does heroin feel? What do you like best about it? What does it smell like? You wouldn't do that, would you?

Yeah. And how do you feel about that? And, oh, you had a dream. Tell me about that. Yeah. And all of it's so interesting. When you're addicted to hope, that's just fueling the addiction. How does heroin feel? What do you like best about it? What does it smell like? You wouldn't do that, would you?

Yeah. And how do you feel about that? And, oh, you had a dream. Tell me about that. Yeah. And all of it's so interesting. When you're addicted to hope, that's just fueling the addiction. How does heroin feel? What do you like best about it? What does it smell like? You wouldn't do that, would you?

You have to clean up your environment and you have to be with different people and you have to stop cold turkey. And some people may have an easier, softer way out of it. They'll have to figure that out for themselves. But there comes a time when you realize you're only going down. And so you cut it off. I think it's very spiritual, too. I'm a spiritual person.

You have to clean up your environment and you have to be with different people and you have to stop cold turkey. And some people may have an easier, softer way out of it. They'll have to figure that out for themselves. But there comes a time when you realize you're only going down. And so you cut it off. I think it's very spiritual, too. I'm a spiritual person.

You have to clean up your environment and you have to be with different people and you have to stop cold turkey. And some people may have an easier, softer way out of it. They'll have to figure that out for themselves. But there comes a time when you realize you're only going down. And so you cut it off. I think it's very spiritual, too. I'm a spiritual person.

And I think that if you're craving the divine in another person, you actually need a spiritual life. So that you're not misapprehending that spiritual inclination that's natural for you as being from one person. But you need fun.

And I think that if you're craving the divine in another person, you actually need a spiritual life. So that you're not misapprehending that spiritual inclination that's natural for you as being from one person. But you need fun.

And I think that if you're craving the divine in another person, you actually need a spiritual life. So that you're not misapprehending that spiritual inclination that's natural for you as being from one person. But you need fun.

You need to start going on bike rides and getting together with girlfriends and having people you can go to so you're not alone all the time with your feelings and people you are honest with. And they have 12-step programs for this. But I think- Yeah, for obsession. And Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous is one place.

You need to start going on bike rides and getting together with girlfriends and having people you can go to so you're not alone all the time with your feelings and people you are honest with. And they have 12-step programs for this. But I think- Yeah, for obsession. And Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous is one place.

You need to start going on bike rides and getting together with girlfriends and having people you can go to so you're not alone all the time with your feelings and people you are honest with. And they have 12-step programs for this. But I think- Yeah, for obsession. And Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous is one place.

But I think it's important for people to maybe go to gender segregated meetings because there's nothing like a room full of people who have bad boundaries around this stuff and haven't figured it out yet. So that can go south. Yeah.

But I think it's important for people to maybe go to gender segregated meetings because there's nothing like a room full of people who have bad boundaries around this stuff and haven't figured it out yet. So that can go south. Yeah.

But I think it's important for people to maybe go to gender segregated meetings because there's nothing like a room full of people who have bad boundaries around this stuff and haven't figured it out yet. So that can go south. Yeah.

you know, in my own healing, I only ever healed when I asked for help from the most formidable, scary person who I knew could see my shit and would tell me the truth about stuff and how I changed my, it was a man friend who I knew.