This is my first post on reddit after being a lurker of multiple subthreads for a long time.

I have had a long and tumultuous journey with seduction. As most people who got into it "officially", I read the Game and wanted to improve my life. I at first read tons of materials, tested "theories" out, and tried my best to be a cool and suave pick up artist who could game every woman in the world.

This had the opposite effect in my life and hurt much of the social courage I had previously had by causing me to get completely in my head and treating talking to women like a game of Starcraft. Well, for a long time I was getting Zerg rushed and wasn't able to build enough Bunkers in time. At one point when my game became better I found a girlfriend who I fell in love with and who fell in love with me through techniques I had researched. The manipulation aspect of these techniques attracted a woman who was manipulative into my life and I had no fun in the relationship.

I stumbled upon this book after I broke up with a different girl I had been seeing for over a year. Newly single again and unsure of how to carry myself, it was very hard for me to break back into dating and being comfortable again with approaching. Insecurities from my past carried over into the now and I was unable to get past myself. This book helped me realize how to conquer that and begin the slow process of recovery-- self-recovery at that.

I am grateful that this book exists, and I'm glad I bought it instead of torrenting it.

TL;DR: Models helped me to grow as a man, attract women who match and are attractive to me, and reject the opinions and women of those who do not match my lifestyle and ideal set.

As George W. would say, Mission Accomplished.