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Meditation teacher Biet Simkin answers Purist readersâ questions. will ever happen to you, once you admit it. Even if youâre not a âreal alcoholicâ I promise you, to stop drinking when you canât, you will need to pick up new practices to supplement the lack of alcohol. Tools like meditation, prayer, spiritual texts, movement and much more. No drunk ever gives up drinking unless they have a good swap-out. Sending you magic love as you find your way. Love, Biet
Dear Biet, My husband of 18 years just came out of the closet as gay. I am heartbroken. He is leaving me. How do I carry on? Thanks, Jenny, California Dear Jenny, This is heartbreaking and also very good news. You donât want to go on living a lie together! The truth is being set free and so are you. There is nothing more bright and alive than truth. While it is a shock, the âlaw of shocks,â as mentioned in my book, Donât Just Sit There!, is a vehicle for a calling. You are being called. Called to your future. Called to a greater joy and pleasure in your life. You gotta pick up the call, girl! This isnât the end as your head is trying to scare you into believing. Itâs the beginning! Let him fly and get your wings. Love, Biet
Dear Biet, I have nothing to complain about. I have everyone a boy could want. I am super-materialistic, and I have all my boxes checked in life. I canât seem to drag myself to meditate. Something in me says it will help me but how, why? How do you drag yourself to spiritual sh-t when you have all of the âstuffâ life has to offer? Thanks, Royce, NYC Dear Royce, Youâre hilarious. I love you already! Meditation isnât just for people who are struggling. Do you really have it all? I know as someone who has it all.... I have nothing unless I have the satisfied conscious state! I have nothing unless I am without anxiety and stress! I have nothing unless I have a willingness to go to any lengths to feel alive and amazing. Anyone can sip a cosmo by a pool. I surely donât think thatâs the accomplishment you want described in your eulogy. The question I would ask myself if I were you would be: How full of sh-t am I? And am I willing to get really raw and honest with my true desires in life. âCause I assure you, your true desiresâthey are grander than you can imagine. Go go go Royce! I am cheering you on! Love, Biet bietsimkin.com
Dear Biet, I canât stop drinking. I want to but I keep doing it. How did you stop? What should I do? Thanks! Anonymous, San Francisco
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Anonymous, I hear you. I have been there. Some people are just heavy drunks...they can take it or leave it. If youâre the variety of drunk who canât stop when you actually want to, you may want to try a 12-step recovery program. If you do decide to do a 12-step program I want to warn you: Itâs not gonna look cute. Itâs a weird thing with strange people in a fluorescent basement usually. If you can get past all that weirdness, I know this route works for real alcoholics. In the end being a âreal alcoholicâ is the best thing that
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