Is there any form of exercise you like? Get addicted to that. See how it compares to drugs and alcohol.

For me, my favorite type of (running with my favorite pumped up music) is remarkably similar to what people I know report when they are on MDMA, and I know these people virtually as well as I know myself.

Note: you don’t have to go all the way with exercise. Exercise is not about training your body. It’s about feeling good about moving.

Example: when I lift weights and feel not into it anymore then I do one more rep to see if the feeling stays. If it does, I stop.

Don’t exercise to train. Exercise because it feels so damn good. And the moment it doesn’t, then stop.

This line of reasoning is also applied to yoga. I am the stiffest person in the world, but I love my stretches because they feel good.

Do I improve? A bit but I care way more about performing healthy behaviors while feeling good. For me, it is the only sustainable way to be healthy.