Prophetic Vision
This is the 'state of being' you are working toward—not just a job or a partner, but an internal shift that makes everything else fall into place.
What is your Highest Self / Future Self?
Euphoric recall is described as your mind remembering only these parts of using, while forgetting the pain, chaos, and consequences.
What are the pleasurable parts?
Module 1 teaches that instead of focusing on goals, sustainable recovery is built on this
What is a system?
The Inner Parts exercise uses this shape to illustrate how the soul self sits at the center while two opposing parts pull from either side.
What is an infinity symbol?
Building Self-Trust starts with reframing 'I don't trust myself' into this more accurate statement.
What is 'There are parts of me I don't trust'?
Lives in Hamilton, Ontario (Canada), is in a relationship, and attended a performance of Kinky Boots in Toronto with their boyfriend — the first Broadway-style show they'd attended completely sober.
Who is Steph?
In Part 1 of the Prophetic Vision exercise, you identify up to three of these that aren't serving you
What are patterns or behaviors?
This model teaches that cravings originate in this part of the brain—not from your deliberate intention.
What is the subconscious?
This technique pairs a new habit with an existing one using the formula: 'After I [existing habit], I will [new habit].
What is Habit Stacking?
In the Inner Parts model, trauma is rooted in this—defined as rejecting a part of ourselves
What is shame?
The Building Self-Trust worksheet recommends taking on one small daily habit for this many consecutive days to build a track record with yourself.
What is 100 days?
Is a licensed mental health professional who, at nearly 50 years old, launched his own private therapy practice something he said he never thought he'd have the courage to do
Who is Christain?
This part of the Prophetic Vision worksheet asks you to consider what feelings come up repeatedly when you imagine your future self
What are Emotional Themes?
Crystal meth causes a dopamine release up to this percentage above normal levels, fundamentally changing the brain's reward system.
What is 1200%?
Temptation bundling makes recovery habits more attractive by pairing them with this.
What is something you enjoy / want to do?
The Integration Exercises worksheet identifies two key inner parts by these names.
What are the Inner Critic and the Inner Embracer (or Meth-Seeking Part and Natural Joy Seeker)?
This Emotional Regulation technique from DBT involves acting opposite to your emotion's action urge—for example, approaching instead of avoiding when you feel fear
What is Opposite Action?
Relocated to Berlin as part of his recovery, started his first LLC, and is enrolled in an MIT course with a Python module and is deeply involved in a mycology (mushroom cultivation) project he's passionate enough about to want to teach others.
Who is Austin?
The Prophetic Vision uses this three-part metaphor—Foundation, Walls, and Roof—to structure your recovery blueprint.
What is Building Your Vision (a house)?
In the cravings model, 'finishing' a craving means adding a second thought with this type of association to make it lose steam.
What is a negative association?
In Module 2, a habit loop has four components: Cue, Craving, Response, and this
What is Reward?
A key principle of inner parts work is that both parts—even the one that wants to use—are trying to do this.
What is protect you?
The Building Self-Trust document describes boundaries not as walls but as these, protecting recovery while allowing authentic connection.
What are filters?
Is a visual artist who received a callback from a former employer about a potential rehire, and stayed home and finished a commission painting for a friend instead of using which he described as one of his biggest wins of the week.
Who is Martel?
This final section of the Prophetic Vision worksheet encourages a morning connection practice, daily alignment checks, and this end-of-day ritual.
What is Evening Reflection?
This four-letter acronym describes the craving management body process: Be, Observe, Describe, Yield
What is BODY?
This Module 2 concept involves intentionally redesigning your digital, physical, and social environments to support sobriety.
What is Environmental Design / Redesign?
The goal of the Inner Parts exercise is not to eliminate any part, but to do this with all aspects of your being
What is understand and integrate them?
The Building Self-Trust worksheet includes a table exploring what crystal meth provided—like sexual confidence, escape from shame, and connection—alongside ways to meet these through this.
What is sobriety / healthy alternatives?
Owns a Nespresso machine — but tragically without the frothing wand, making him, by his own admission, a "bad gay."
Who is Dallas?