Periagoge
Problem
Toward Vitality

Change Your Relationship With Substances

Dipaguide
The Pattern

The substance is managing something — stress, discomfort, social anxiety, emptiness, or a feeling that hasn't been named. The substance isn't the problem. What the substance is solving is the problem.

What Mastery Looks Like

A compassionate, attentive relationship with the body

Helpful guides
Dipa
Health & Body
Peri
Recognize this pattern?

Peri can help you tell whether this pattern is really the one you’re caught in, and point you toward where to start.

The Path Forward
This pattern is guided by Dipa. When you’re ready to work through it, Dipa can help you find the path — or ask Peri where to start.
Work with Dipa
Related patterns

Patterns that often live alongside this one.

Problem
Break a Compulsive Habit
Problem
Break the Burnout Cycle
Problem
Build a Life That's Actually Yours
Problem
Calm Your Anxiety
Problem
Let Yourself Rest
Problem
Quiet Your Mind at Night
Problem
Sleep Better
Problem
Spend in Line With Your Values
Problem
Stop Avoiding Your Emotions
Problem
Stop Fighting About Money

Working through change your relationship with substances?

Tell Peri what you’re noticing, and start where it actually helps.