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So this talk is part two of the series on unhooking from unhealthy habits.

And last week we started exploring the suffering of these habits.

How, oh, when we're compulsively snacking or buying lottery tickets or constantly checking our iPhones, you know, the average person is, I think, 100 times a day.

When this is going on, we're disconnected from our bodies, from our hearts, really from our full awareness.

And at these times, our survival brain is more in control.

So we're cut off from what's described as our executive functioning.

And one of the consequences is we're not as rational and honest with ourselves.

We're not honest with others about being hooked. You know, we rationalize what we're doing.

Classic example is a guy who's at a bar and he orders a drink and he puts it aside.

And then orders another drink. He drinks it. The bartender gets curious and says, well, why are you just wasting the drink?

And the man said, because the first drink is the one that leads to all the problems.

In AA 12 step programs, they call that stinkin thinking.

But we know this. How we tell ourselves, well, I'll have just one more cookie, you know, or one more level in this video game or, you know, I'll sleep for just 15 minutes.

And it's described as being in a trance.

We're driven to seek out relief or seek out pleasure. And we're not fully here.

And the Zen master reocon shared advice that I that I spoke of last week, which is if you want to find the freedom.

Stop chasing after so many things.

So a friend in the last week sent me a cartoon and it has a dog in a business suit walking along with his human associate.

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