I once tried one of Tony Robins methods
there is a part in his book where a man addicted to chocolate was told to eat nothing but chocolate all day and drink water and nothing else
well the man did this and got sick and supposedly from that moment on he never ate chocolate again
I did that one day and got sick
but 2 days later I was eating chocolate again
I have seen diabetics lose limbs and continue to eat sweets
I have seen people drink themselves to death -literally
I have seen people smoking even though they just came into remission from lung cancer
I have done drugs in the past myself
and I quit when I became pregnant with my first child
that was my reason for quitting !
not the pain/pleasure model
because trust me I really enjoyed my high (pleasure) and I also knew what I was doing to my health (pain)
and then there was the grief I was causing my family (pain)
but ---
it wasn't until I realized that I was going to be responsible for another person's health and life that motivated me to quit
now one could say that that fits into the pain model but no I believe it comes from somewhere else
somewhere deeper then just the archaic emotion of pain
perhaps the soul ...
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