Shahroo Izadi

I need to make the shame feel different.

I need to make the shame feeling go away.

Yes.

As quickly as possible.

And I do everything quickly.

I'm only ever making things better or worse.

And so if you put that in the context of dieting, that means I'm only ever eating for the last time or I'm eating nothing.

back and forth, back and forth, except every time I'm eating nothing, I'm heavier, more shameful, and I've got more withdrawal.

And the world is reinforcing to me to eat nothing because it's manifesting itself on my body.

And by my own admission, I don't want this.

So it's just, I want people to have a step before meetings.

And I also know

And I don't need anyone to confirm this or believe that it's them.

But I know anecdotally from thousands of conversations that I've had that a lot of the time, if you tell people you're going to take alcohol away and they try to moderate, they end up wanting to not drink anyway.

Because it's simpler.

It's just simpler.

And not just in the sense of like, yes and no is very clear.

But even when they feel completely capable of having one, which some people do, they still think, yeah, but...

It's mind-altering.

I'm already getting the downsides.