I remember when I had begun to delve a little bit into The Red Pill. I had come from seddit in an attempt to learn as many ways of picking up women as I possibly could, and was led here somehow. In the beginning, I resisted the pill hard. I found the subreddit to be misogynistic, and neglected it for a long time...until I came back.

I ended up coming back, finding myself super frustrated with the way things were going in my life - I had endlessly chased women, validated them, and wondered why I wasn’t having any luck. Everything I tried in seddit wasn’t working, and I even met up with a guy from my local RSD circle, ran night game with him, and didn’t do well (still a good friend though). I had no place to turn, so I turned to the pill.

I didn’t swallow it initially. It was all really confusing shit and I had no idea where to start. I hadn’t heard of askTRP, so I got my start in theory through here. It took a long time; everything seemed so wrong and off to me. Little did I know how significant The Red Pill would be in my life.

After having posted here about my struggle with women, and wondering whether I should be going monk mode, I was promptly banned and told to look at the sidebar - so I did.

I read through almost every single thing in the sidebar except for the Goals piece (I had planned my goals a while back and have a plan laid out already) and it absolutely changed my soul. The profoundness that TRP has had in my life was deeply felt, and is now irreversible at this point. I will never slip into my Blue Pill ways again.

Simply reading it once was not enough, and is not enough. I would go some time without reading it, but then would go back and read some of the stuff to sharpen my thoughts as they began to fade or as I began to have some doubts regarding theory. This was a continuous process that I repeated several times, and still do today, though not as much. I believe that reading all relevant TRP content on a consistent basis is the key to beginning to internalize the pill. If I had never gone back and read it a second time, third time, fourth time, etc... I would never have internalized it, and would never have been as moved by it as I became during this spring semester.

I had moved out to college for the first time ever. I never lived on my own and never had to do many things on my own. I quickly pulled myself up by the bootstraps and learned that nobody gives a fuck about you, and that you must earn things in life, one of them being respect. I joined a fraternity and am becoming more involved on campus, something that really leaves me with a fulfilled soul. I love being able to contribute to my organization and support campus efforts at the same time. It’s a great investment of time, and was an excellent decision made.

The Red Pill has taught me many core values of being a man, and how to act like one in my daily life. Of course, I am learning more and more everyday, constantly posting questions on askTRP to sharpen my knowledge, reading through the Handbook (137 pages in so far) and applying the answers to my life. I aim to involve the Pill in every aspect of my life to learn how to properly lead life as a man and resist any urges to go back to my old ways, which resulted in little success, if any.

I am now progressing onward by delving into my first pieces of TRP literature: all 3 Rational Male books and The Concise 48 Laws of Power (thanks to IllimitableMan for the reading list).

I think everyone should read both askTRP’s and TheRedPill’s sidebars... multiple times. You could even make it a weekly thing to go back through the sidebar and spend a few hours reading all of it. I don’t do this, but I try to be aware of when I’m slipping with my knowledge. If I am, I go back and read through the sidebar. Continuously reading the sidebar is probably the way to reinforce the theory and make sure it becomes a part of your life, and so one can become unconsciously competent.

When reading, be sure to implement the knowledge you get from everything, practical, straightforward stuff, or even the subtle tips given. Everything should be applied to your life. For a great start, read Collected Methods and Advice for Beginners from askTRP’s sidebar. Implementing as many of those methods as possible in my life was what dragged me into the abyss and got me quickly internalizing the pill. It was the catalyst that made me embark on this journey, and I wanted to make this post as something of a starting point for people who are newer than I am.

My suggested method of internalizing the pill: * Read askTRP sidebar * Read TheRedPill sidebar * Read Collected Methods and Advice for Beginners and implement everything immediately to the best of your ability * Start spinning plates. * Analyze your interactions and see where you applied TRP concepts and where you didn’t. Readjust and reapply. * Read the TRP Handbook 2nd Edition (read it as is it were a book, 15 min a day at least) * Look at IllimitableMan’s reading list, and start with what seems like the most interesting piece (The Rational Male is considered an intro to the Pill). * Look at every area of your life where you can apply TRP concepts, and them. * Periodically come back to the Pill and read everything multiple times, constantly readjusting and reapplying concepts

This post might have been a bunch of rambling, but I think my internalizing of the pill was really significant, and I felt that I am becoming Informed (a term used in the TRP Handbook), so I felt that it was a transition from Incel to Informed and thus valuable to write about. That said, I’m not TRULY Informed yet, but am well on the path to reaching that point. I tried to include some practical advice at the end, so I hope whoever reads this takes some wisdom and can spur themselves onto the path in dramatic fashion.