The psychological mass of addictive behavior, brought about by the heaviness of the emotions involved in the cycle of quit/restart/quit/restart… is more of a load than most people can move on their own.
It takes too much energy, expressed continually for too long a time, and often one just ends up wrestling with this giant thing, like a dung beetle doing everything it can to move its huge ball of crap…just a little.
Archimedes suggested that there is another way to move mass, using a lever, as seen here:
Since we are talking about a psychological load, we are not going to use a physical lever, but we will use the same principles used in the physical world.
As can be seen from the diagram, there are three parts to a lever that are all essential if one is to move a load; the lever, the fulcrum, and a force.
The lever must be made of something continuous and strong, in order to transfer the force into the load. The psychological process that will stand for the lever will be a Practice.
The fulcrum must be something solid and unmoving, in order to best support the lever and transfer all the force into the load. The psychological process for the fulcrum will be a Purpose.
The force applied must be focused into the lever alone; otherwise chances are it won’t be enough force to shift the load. The psychological process for focusing the force will be through the Projected Word.
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