FM Quick Lessons

Quick Freedom Model lessons (3-8 minutes in length) on specific topics, situations, and most often asked questions.

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Course curriculum

1. Instructions
2. Private Coaching Information
1. Making a Benefits to Benefits Analysis is Key to Changing Your Preference
1. YOU are not Bad Choices
1. Neutrality
1. Are the Benefits of Substance Use All in the Mind?
1. Binge Construct Lesson: Misguided Hope Can Be a Problem Too
1. Learned Helplessness
1. Why Do I Prefer Using Drugs?
1. You Are Your Mind!
1. Running The Abstinence Experiment
1. Addiction vs Habit
1. You Don't Have to Quit!
1. Defining Success With The Freedom Model
1. Greater Benefits to the Freedom Model: Challenge All of Your Habits.
1. Take a Break!
1. Your Persistence Will Pay Off!
1. Begin to Question Stress Relief
1. The Mythology Surrounding The Brain Disease Theory in Addiction
1. Making a Direct Preference Change
1. How will you know when you’re completely free?
1. Lessons From A Three Year Old
1. A Small Shift in Thinking Makes a Huge Difference
1. Learned Connections
1. Applying The Freedom Model to Your Life Can Be a Process
1. Benefits to Benefits Analysis: Why It Works So Well to Build a Happier Life
1. Stop Giving Credit to the Wrong Thing
1. Are You Struggling to Moderate Your Substance Use?
1. What are Your Labels?
1. GPS Analogy
1. Do You Need Any Kind of Support to Stop Heavy Use and Stay Stopped?
1. The Massive Importance of Devaluing Your Preferred Substance
1. Loss of Control Debunked: Reviewing Appendix A
1. Challenging Your Beliefs Exercise
1. Your Reason for Making the Change Matters
1. Give Yourself a Chance to Change
1. Revisiting Appendix A: Are You Ever Out of Control?
1. Solving the Worry Problem
1. Creating a Happy Life Today
1. Appendix E: Moderation is Possible, If You Prefer It
1. Distractions: Productive vs Counterproductive
1. Appendix D: Heroin and the Myth of Addictiveness
1. What are the Most Important Concepts in The Freedom Model?
1. Self-Medicating
1. Slow and Steady Wins the Race
1. Expanding on The Binge Construct
2. Living in the Moment and Deconstructing the Binge
1. Are You Struggling to Moderate?
1. Desiring Magic in Your Life
1. Breaking the Cycle of Using Alcohol to Sleep
1. How to Dismantle Your Binge Construct
1. Leaving AA/NA or other Recovery Group
1. The Nuance to Changing Your Preference
1. Eliminate the Word Triggers from Your Life and Move Past Your Trauma
1. Debunking the Brain Disease Model of Addiction
1. Imbuing Magic into the Substance Using Experience
1. Trauma and Addiction
1. Working Through Emotional Struggles
1. What is Your Learning Style?
1. Challenging the Benefits: Relaxation and Escape
1. How to Become Mindful
1. Feeling Addicted is About More Than Liking It - Learning Your Why
1. Solving Porn Induced Erectile Dysfunction
1. Moving On From Heavy Use
1. Replacing a Habit: Why That Rarely Lasts and How to Do It Effectively
1. You Can Still Like Something and Choose Not to Do It and Not Feel Deprived!
1. Do You Still Believe or Feel Like You're Out of Control?
1. Solving an Addiction Really Can Be Easy: Here's How
1. Changing Habits is Natural
1. What About Replacement?
1. Is There an "Addictive Voice" and How to Make It Shut Up!
1. You Will Solve Your Problem - So Keep Going!
1. Why You Feel "Addicted" and What You Can Do About It
1. Breaking the Procrastination Habit
1. Why The Freedom Model Does Not Have or Recommend Support Groups
1. Knowing You Can Moderate is So Important

About this course

Free
76 lessons
7.5 hours of video content

Instructions for Supplemental Video Lessons

Lesson 1: Making a Benefits to Benefits Analysis

Lesson 2: You are NOT Bad Choices

Lesson 3: While Working Through TFM Set Your Substance Use Goal Aside

Lesson 4: Are Benefits of Substance Use All in the Mind?

Lesson 6: Binge Construct - Misguided Hope

Lesson 7: Learned Helplessness

Lesson 8: Why Do I Prefer Using Drugs?

Lesson 9: You Are Your Mind

Lesson 10: Running the Abstinence Experiment

Lesson 11: Addiction vs. Habit

Lesson 12: You Don't Have to Quit

Lesson 13: Defining Success with The Freedom Model

Lesson 14: Greater Benefits to the Freedom Model

Lesson 15: The Benefits of Taking a Break

Lesson 16: Persistence Pays Off

Lesson 17: Questioning the Benefits - Stress Relief

Lesson 18: Mythology Surrounding Brain Disease Theory

Lesson 19: Making a Direct Preference Change

Lesson 20: How Do You Know When You're Completely Free?

Lesson 21: Lessons from a 3 Year Old

Lesson 22: A Small Shift in Thinking Can Make a Huge Difference

Lesson 23: Learned Connections

Lesson 24: Applying TFM to Your Life Can Be a Process

Lesson 25: Benefits to Benefits Analysis

Lesson 26: Stop Giving Credit to the Wrong Thing!

Lesson 27: Are You Struggling to Moderate Your Substance Use?

Lesson 28: What are Your Labels?

Lesson 29: GPS Analogy

Lesson 30: Do You Need Support to Stop Heavy Use?

Lesson 31: Devaluing Substances

Lesson 32: Loss of Control Debunked

Lesson 33: Challenging Your Beliefs Exercise

Lesson 34: Your Reason for Making a Change Matters

Lesson 35: Give Yourself a Chance to Change

Lesson 36: Are You Ever Actually Out of Control?

Lesson 37: Is Worry a Problem for You?

Lesson 38: Creating a Happy Life Today

Lesson 39: Appendix E - Moderation is Possible, If You Prefer It

Lesson 40: Distractions

Lesson 41: Appendix D - Heroin and the Myth of Addictiveness

Lesson 42: What are the Most Important Concepts in The Freedom Model?

Lesson 43: Self-Medicating

Lesson 44: Slow and Steady Wins the Race

Lesson 45: Discussion on The Binge Construct - 2 Parts

Lesson 46: Are You Struggling to Moderate?

Lesson 47: Desiring Magic in Your Life

Lesson 48: Breaking the Cycle of Using Alcohol to Sleep

Lesson 49: How to Dismantle Your Binge Construct

Lesson 50: Are You Leaving AA/NA or other Recovery Group?

Lesson 51: The Nuance to Changing Your Preference

Lesson 52: Eliminate the Word Triggers from Your Life and Move Past Your Trauma

Lesson 53: Debunking the Brain Disease Model of Addiction

Lesson 54: Imbuing Magic in the Substance Using Experience

Lesson 55: Trauma and Addiction

Lesson 56: Working Through Emotional Struggles

Lesson 57: What is Your Learning Style?

Lesson 58: Challenging the Benefits - Relaxation and Escape

Lesson 59: How to Become Mindful

Lesson 60: Feeling Addicted is About More than Really Liking It - Learning Your Why

Lesson 61: Solving Porn Induced Erectile Dysfunction

Lesson 62: Moving On from Heavy Use

Lesson 63: Replacing My Habit

Lesson 64: You Can Still Like Something and Choose Not to Do It and Not Feel Deprived

Lesson 65: Do You Still Believe or Feel Like You're Out of Control?

Lesson 66: Solving an Addiction Really Can Be Easy

Lesson 67: Changing Habits is Natural

Lesson 68: What About Replacement?

Lesson 69: Is there an "Addictive Voice" and How to Make It Shut Up!

Lesson 70: You Will Solve Your Problem

Lesson 71: Why You Feel "Addicted" and Out of Control, and What You Can Do to Solve It

Lesson 72: Breaking a Procrastination Habit

Lesson 73: Why The Freedom Model Does Not Have or Recommend Support Groups

Lesson 74: Why Knowing that You Can Moderate is So Important

About this course