Overcoming addiction requires the willingness to accept sobriety, the courage to face formidable physical and emotional challenges, and the belief in one’s ability to get sober despite self-doubts and past failures. It also requires the support of loved ones, friends, an effective program with a dedicated staff, a team of medical and mental health care practitioners and a great deal of self-fortitude.
It has been said that addiction is a response to a problem that it yet to be identified and solved. Could the problem stem from a subconscious belief, often formed in childhood, that has the person believing they are unlovable, unworthy or not good enough?
Harboring a negative belief(s) about yourself is not usually the result of one or two isolated events. These detrimental beliefs take root and grow gradually as a culmination of many events, one disappointing, embarrassing and traumatic memory at a time.
We have all experienced painful and tragic events and have often felt like we’ve “been there, done that, dealt with it.” True enough, many old events and traumas no longer hold the emotional charge they once did. Sometimes, however, despite our best efforts to pick up the pieces and move on, they retain their emotional intensity, ultimately leading to physical or emotional pain or dysfunction.
But how can you heal old, trapped emotions if you can’t see or remember them? How do you dredge up the remembered horrors that are too painful to revisit? One energy healing modality that is gentle and effective at uncovering past incidents and neutralizing their charge is EFT, or Emotional Freedom Technique.
EFT stimulates acupressure points along the body’s energy pathways or meridians. Instead of using acupuncture needles, you tap on designated points with your own fingers while focusing on the troublesome event, all the while affirming your self-worth. EFT addresses the negative aspects of an issue before inserting positive phrases into the tapping sequence, and it’s amazingly effective!
Based on healing principles dating back 3,000 years, EFT’s popularity blossomed in the 1970’s and continues to expand. Today, 6 million people worldwide use EFT, and its success with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) has launched numerous studies to ascertain its scientific basis.
One component to overcoming addiction is dismantling limiting beliefs and neutralizing the charge of old traumas, big and small. Too many to tackle? No worries. Once you tap on the most significant events, lesser events simply lose their charge. That is called the Generalization Effect, and it ensures we don’t have to tap on every yucky thing that has ever happened to us!
EFT supports treatment at every step of recovery. It takes away the over-the-top emotions that trigger us and that cloud thinking and beg for soothing at all costs. It softens or eliminates resistance to treatment, and it allows a perceptual shift that supports a belief system that empowers instead of destroys. With EFT in your recovery toolbox, your sobriety is easier to achieve and maintain. Tap on!
