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ANTIDOTES TO TOXIC BEHAVIOR: THE GROUND RULES FOR ANTIDOTES TO TOXIC LIVING - THE ANTIDOTES TO TOXIC EXPERIENCES

The antidotes to toxic experiences begin with our interest in actually discovering ways to avoid toxic experiences or to minimize their effects. This we can do most directly and effectively by concentrating on the present as it unfolds day by day, even moment by moment. It is fantasy for a person to believe he can commit himself to seeking a less toxic existence in the same way he would announce his dedication to some religious doctrine. Rather, his commitment must be to a continued and increasing awareness of how he is poisoning himself or allowing himself to be poisoned. Once he begins this process, he can then do his best to counteract these experiences.

When toxic patterns are sufficiently minimized, nourishing ones naturally emerge. The potential for their discovery exists always. Once we begin to experiment for ourselves, we will find our own therapeutic potentials (antidotes). They exist within each person on the psychic level in the same way that antibodies on the physical level ward off disease. In essence, the entire process of remedying toxic patterns rests on minimizing their poisonous effect sufficiently to allow the organism's inherently nourishing potentials to prevail. In the end, each person "gets well" on his own, or he doesn't get well at all.

Attitudes and behavior patterns are toxic when they interfere with our self-regulating processes. Antidotes include any experience that helps to counteract those behavior patterns which disrupt our natural flow. Toxic experiences also include activities that are meaningless, waste our time and energy, or elicit unpleasant or painful reactions without any present or anticipated gratification. Thus, being annoyed at a boring conversation, a restless feeling of not knowing what to do with oneself, or a feeling of irritation when someone is late for an appointment is a signal of a toxic experience.

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