Those are beliefs that actually contribute to relapse. One is taught to believe that she is powerless, diseased, susceptible, one drink away, “you have not yet hit bottom,” “always an addict,”etc. Changing the way the brain reacts to these memories actually stops the cravings and the desire for drugs or alcohol.īut here is the real problem: In AA and 12-step meetings, members’ minds are saturated with beliefs about the fear, the failure, the expectation of relapse and the need to surrender and be powerless. As we know, a chronic substance misuser has a deep and powerful memory bank of failure, fears and hopelessness.
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We create a positive identity of being healthy, in control, powerful and free from a disease.Ī hypnotherapist will typically work on a client’s core issues, such as memories that make the person weak and fearful. Instead of telling someone what they are not, we implant an identity about what they are and what they want to be. This belief is exactly the opposite of what the mind needs to end a habit, addiction or compulsive behavior. Seeing oneself as powerless, as AA encourages people to do, is a mind-bogglingly misguided concept for hypnosis experts. An obvious weakness of 12-step programs is that they actually force you to keep the “addict” or “alcoholic” identity for life. I believe that when a person quits an addiction, they need to be something other than an “addict in recovery” for the rest of their life. One reason that hypnosis is so effective is that it changes a person's deepest beliefs about who they are. When this is applied to addiction, some miraculous things happen. When a hypnotherapist helps a client, we start by changing the identity and beliefs that are causing the problem and create a new identity about who the client is now. The negative memories and connections in his brain are constantly ignited by the repetition. When somebody says, “I’m George and I am an alcoholic,” it forces his mind to find all of the weakness and fear involved in identifying oneself as an “addict.” The repetition over the years reinforces this belief. From a hypnotherapy perspective, we have to stop owning the identity of being an addict. I believe that the repetition of the statement increases one’s susceptibility to relapse. How does a person become “relapse proof” and not live in constant fear of relapse? In 12-step treatment you are taught that you will always be an alcoholic, or addict, and that you are always going to be fighting to not relapse.Īre you an addict for life? Calling yourself an addict or alcoholic is a constant reinforcement of your weakness. When I started applying these same processes to my clients who needed addiction help, I found that their addictive behaviors frequently stopped and that their fear of relapse was also often gone. Hypnotherapists use techniques that are specifically created to change the triggers in the brain, stop self-sabotage issues, release trauma and redirect the neural networks in the brain. It just did not make sense that something as simple as hypnosis could be so powerful. The results with my clients surprised me right away, especially for addiction issues. Over 20 years ago, I became a hypnotherapist.
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And it is time to look at the science of how the brain works, how the subconscious mind controls our life and how to change it for good. It is said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results I think that this statement could be applied to the current state of affairs in addiction treatment. I have been through the desperation of being the mother of a child who struggled with addiction, the tortured family of a child who struggled to find the right kind of help. The hard truth is that the work I am doing is a result of my own tears, anguish, sadness and desperation.
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Sponsored ad This sponsor paid to have this advertisement placed in this section. Most of my clients came to me believing that nothing would work. Most of them had tried years of 12 stepping, failed, tried again and again, and failed again and again. When I started working with drug misusers and alcoholics, I really felt their desperation and hopelessness. Until recently, very little was known about how the brain could just turn off the desire for alcohol or drugs, and how the subconscious mind could stop the addictive urges when a person has been hypnotized. Hypnotherapists have been helping their clients stop drinking, smoking and using drugs for years with great success. Certified hypnotherapist Wendi Friesen argues that hypnotherapy deserves a place in the treatment of addictive disorders….Richard Juman The mixed reputation should not get in the way of objectively investigating its efficacy as a treatment for addictive disorders. Hypnosis has a long track record of effective application in health care settings as well as a long history of use for entertainment purposes.