“I’ll never go back” is a good sign that you’ll probably go back. Back where? Exactly! In the very declaration that you’ll never go back, there is a type of internalized “backness” that is behind the statement itself. Back has a referent.
Back to addiction.Back to old habits.Back to a former career.Back to a codependent relationship.Back to self-centeredness.Back to prejudice.
"Never going back" doesn’t need a declaration . . . the new path you’re on is all the publicity you need.
"Never going back" doesn’t even make sense . . . there is no back. It’s eviscerated, gone, no more—it doesn’t exist as a referable reality.
Once you’ve truly moved forward, even the need to mention an alternative vanishes.
