Originally Posted by
Soberandhealthy 
How to fight yourself? Who and how you cope?
I don't fight with children throwing tantrums, barking dogs, or the alcoholic telling lies in my head. I just take some deep breaths and do my best to clear my head of the noise. None of it can hurt me if I won't let it.
It's not a monster, it is just some broken bit of neurology that doesn't ever seem to know when to shut up. Weasel once told me to put it in a box and plug it's air hole if it kept on jabbering. It sounds silly, but I found that thought so empowering - having control over that voice!
I can't shut it up today, but I can shut if down. I have to hear it, but I don't have to listen to it.
There is only one way to shut it up. Starve it. Like a child throwing a tantrum, if you give it what it wants you will just get another tantrum. It can't be reasoned with, educated, shamed, or intimidated into submission. It must be starved.
You can do this!
