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    The Mechanism
    The Mechanism
    The Mechanism
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    The Mechanism

    By Alan Whitworth

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    Everyone has goals they truly want to accomplish, but reasons why they don't. Whether you're stymied by bad habits, addictions, laziness, or have just convinced yourself you'll fail if you try, The Mechanism will help you get past these roadblocks and find your path to success.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBookBaby
    Release dateMay 11, 2019
    ISBN9781543972535

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      The Mechanism - Alan Whitworth

      CONCLUSION

      INTRODUCTION

      We all have a series of completely different circumstances in life. Some, by society’s standards, are far worse than others. Some people might have grown up wealthy, raised by a nanny with parents that were completely absent, and felt their existence was just an afterthought. Because of this they resent their parents and never felt truly loved. Others may have grown up middle class with a functional alcoholic father and a mom addicted to pain medication. And every interaction with such parents was empty and non-fulfilling. As a result, they resent their parents for not ever being present in their lives.  Heck, some might have grown up with a fully nurturing set of parents that gave every bit of the love, hope and attention they honestly felt their children needed. They were sent to school with perfect sack lunches made with all the love in the world. Their parents listened to their problems and always tried to help them succeed. And for this they resent their parents because they felt suffocated and were never free enough.

      The reason I wanted to touch on this is because in many cases people find reasons to feel sorry for themselves and want to believe their circumstances in life are not as perfect as they should be. Because of this, people rely on using their messed up past as an excuse for choices resulting in bad habits or addictions. Through the use of the concepts of this book excuses may be completely eliminated. Some addictions can be good like needing to be in the gym five or six days a week to feel complete or obsessively requiring everything to be in flawless order with every surface dust free and all items neatly in their place. Yes, there can be a threshold where such obsessive behavior could be considered destructive but that is a completely subjective topic. Just as no two people are alike; no two addictions are alike. 

      We can also mention a few bad addictions whether we are talking about cocaine, meth, alcohol, porn, complaining, blaming, gossiping or even just being an asshole. You know the type. The people that feel all isn’t right in the world unless everyone around them is uneasy. Honestly, it looks like I just listed some addictions I have possessed. Now, I am aware there are people out there that do a fantastic job of controlling themselves and their habits and or addictions in life. But I assure you, it is not automatic; it definitely takes effort.

      In this book I want to attempt to simplify what we all perceive as addiction and offer a sound solution. A mechanism that will transform an addiction’s power over you from a ten to a one. And it can also take you from constantly failing to having consistent levels of success. Now, I am not a doctor. I don’t have a PHD in psychology. I haven’t done extensive research in anything like neuroplasticity. In fact, I don’t know much about these subjects at all; these topics have just popped up in a couple of books I have read. I am merely a human being that has figured some simple things out which I think can greatly help anyone.

      I promise you, I will get to the point in this book as expediently as possible, however I do want to walk you through some snippets of my life just to help you understand that I definitely deserve to be in the room with anyone that has struggled with any level of addiction or experienced bad circumstances in their life. Keep in mind that this book is not just for people battling with substance abuse but is also a strong foundation for people who just want to improve their level of success by continuing to get one percent better. I assure you there is something in here for everyone.

      My hope in writing this book is to help as many people in the world as I possibly can. I believe this book has the potential to benefit everyone alive today. To me, if it helps one person it will be a success. If your goal is to eventually be able to run a full marathon one day or you just want to lose a little weight, this book has something for you. Or maybe you really want to quit smoking or drinking and struggle with it. If so, this book has something for you as well. Thank you for taking the time to read or listen to this book. I hope you come out of the other side with a renewed perspective on how easily behavior can be changed employing the right mechanism.

      CHILDHOOD

      This is not my autobiography; I just want to briefly talk about my experience with addiction. And qualify some of my life experiences that will give everyone a good feel for where I came from in life.

      I grew up lower class, not even close to middle class, and was raised by a single mom. My father had left us after I was born and never came back. I believe my mom in the eighties at the height of her career made somewhere around seven dollars an hour. With that amount of substantial wealth, she was raising three boys by herself. There was me, I was the youngest, and my two older brothers Jerry and Michael. We were all about five years apart, and we were not necessarily model children by any stretch of the term. But that is another story all its own. From first grade to fifth grade I walked to school by myself about a mile, from Warner road to Knox road, in Chandler Arizona where the school Knox Elementary was located. It wasn’t bad, and it was actually a pretty good school. I remember that it was common for my mom to have already left for work when I would be getting up to get ready for school. I remember always coming home to an empty house. My brother Michael went to a school much further away than I did and had to ride the bus so he

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