Help Yourself Get Rid of Addiction

Help Yourself Get Rid of Addiction. How to get rid of your addictions by self help.

Help Yourself Get Rid of Addiction

Helping Yourself Get Rid of Addiction

This may seem to be in contradiction to the above paragraphs, but it's not.

• Getting help is not the same thing as being totally passive. If you have appendicitis, you go to the hospital, they put you to sleep and take out your appendix. It's a very passive affair, and quite appropriate for that case. But with addictions, you've got a lot of work ahead of you, and the people that you find to help you are there to help and encourage you to take the proper action and take responsibility for your life.
• They can't do it for you; they can only help you. Below you will find a few suggestions of how you can take action to help yourself:
• Take one step at a time.
• Try to reduce the addiction just for a short while until you feel the pain of the withdrawal beginning to surface. While you feel that pain, pose the intention to let go of it. Explore your feelings and let out all the emotions that you feel inside cry out the pain, feel the pain and all the hurt and even try to express your anger (of course, not too violently, just for yourself). Then take a few deep quiet breaths. Try to feel the place in your body where your addiction lies and try to feel whether it has lessened. When you start to feel it being lessened, see if you can wait a little longer before you take a cigarette or drink a glass of wine. Eventually, you'll find that the addiction is gradually shifting by itself.
• Go On Another form of Feeding Spree. Let the "baby" cry out to express his feelings all the hurt, pain, the anger and the loneliness. Let him speak to you and find some other things to nurture your "baby", things that you enjoy but that are not destructive.
• Shift to Another Addiction. This might seem like a ridiculous resolution to an addiction problem but this could really work. While you are dealing with a present addiction, there may come a point where your need for this will eventually loosen but you aren't ready to let it go. Try to substitute a different addiction that is less destructive. An example would be an alcoholic who continues to smoke, or a smoker who turns to food and gains weight. The root problem of the addictive personality traits are not solved, and the new addiction is less than ideal, but you are moving in the right direction by substituting a lesser evil for a more destructive one.
• Be Active. Do a little bit of something which interrupts your addiction process. Go for a brisk walk, try a new hobby or go out with a couple of friends for fun and enjoyment. Try something you have never done before. Get you awareness away from the addiction and instead focus on your body and get away from the pain and the desire that you feel whenever you indulge in that addiction. However, a warning: this solution is just temporary. You must get to the root of the problem and not just cure the symptoms.
• Meditate. As much as possible, try to make contact with the inner light within you and meditate. Embrace the light as it wraps you and fulfills you. If you feel that you are now loved, worthy, hopeful, you are on your way to recovery and gradually beating the addiction. Imagining that you have all these feelings within you is really a way to get all of your feelings of unworthiness to slowly vanish. And this is essential in dealing with your addictions.
• Do A General "House Cleaning." Remove all the stuff from your house that could trigger your addiction, such as cigarettes, liquor, gambling cards and others. As much as possible, you can ask a friend or a family member to help you do this.
• Make sure that your body is getting what it needs. Remember the three vital factors in achieving a healthy body: eat a balanced diet, exercise, and get enough rest. Take vitamin and mineral supplements, as mentioned previously, especially if you are addicted to drugs and with alcohol. Drink plenty of water also. Water helps in cleaning out the toxins in your body systems.
• Be Prepared. Be prepared, especially for withdrawal symptoms. If you are facing addictions such as drugs or alcohol, know what the symptoms of withdrawal are and prepare what you need to do in advance. Also, prepare your family and friends by informing them of what you are going through right now you might become irritable in the days to come because of this withdrawal. If you think that these withdrawal symptoms can be treated, go see a doctor or a nutritionist.
• Help Other People With the Same Problem. We spoke about support groups earlier. In your support group, you will find that it is a two-way street. Not only are they helping you, but you will find that you have something that they need and that will help them. This will increase your sense of self-esteem and help you to find meaning in the middle of your suffering.

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