When you say, “I want this toast with peanut butter and jelly,” it might just be a natural reaction to being hungry in the morning and doing something constructive about it. You are likely satisfied for a few hours until your body demands nourishment again for lunch.
How is it then with the glass or two of wine in the evening to wind down a little from a stressful day? Maybe it’s just a pleasant recreational activity, or maybe there is more going on. Perhaps it’s a measure of escape; how will you find out where the drive to drink originates?
When you say, “I must not drink. It’s not good for my health.” You have two competing voices in your head. Neither are in touch with the true raw desire that hits when we pour the glass of wine, when we smell it; when we wonder if it is ok to have another glass or not.
The raw desire can be felt, experienced, known, at the moment it hits. We can literally climb into the basement where our subconscious drives originate and look at them without any conscious considerations at all. When fear or greed are observed as they emerge, they dissolve.
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