If you are a member of an anonymous group and you are happy, please do not read the following. I won't allow any disrespectful comments either for or against anonymous 12 steps programs. I am just interested in any scientific proof that these groups are beneficial to someone suffering from an addiction. The key word here is "scientific"!
First of all, let me say that Carl Jung did not support any 12 steps program.
The origin of the 12 steps program is from an early 20th century cult called The Oxford Group. Anonymous groups are just another form of a protestant type religion. Higher power, character defects, forgiveness are all terms used in another era. It is incredible that they are still being used today! Anonymous groups have nothing to do with sciences. They are ineffective, and in some case dangerous. I will often come back to the danger of anonymous groups and why they do not work. But please, never forget, you are NOT powerless over your addiction and your addiction is NOT a disease.
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
EMDR
If you have an addiction, you very probably are suffering from post traumatic stress disorder. An addicition is often a manifestation of the PTSD. Other manifestations are numbing of body, sensation of needles, out of body experiences and others.
EMDR;
http://www.emdria.org/
Under supervision of qualified EMDR therapist, you will be able to reprocess the traumatic experience for the first time. This process will release you from the pain of the experience. You might even experience a "rebirth". I magine living without the guilt, or fright or anger for the first time of your life.
You will change, and this relatively fast. You will no longer suffer from PTSD. You will be released from your addiction.
It is that simple. You will no longer live in a survival mode.
EMDR;
http://www.emdria.org/
Under supervision of qualified EMDR therapist, you will be able to reprocess the traumatic experience for the first time. This process will release you from the pain of the experience. You might even experience a "rebirth". I magine living without the guilt, or fright or anger for the first time of your life.
You will change, and this relatively fast. You will no longer suffer from PTSD. You will be released from your addiction.
It is that simple. You will no longer live in a survival mode.
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
What can you do if you suffer from PTSD?
The American Psychological Association recognizes 3 methods to treat PTSD.
1-Anti-depressants, which in some cases are necessary and does help when needed.
2-Cognitive Therapy which take a long time and is relatively efficient.
3-Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing ( EMDR ) is by far the best and quickest technique.
My next blog will deal with EMDR, an amazing technique.
1-Anti-depressants, which in some cases are necessary and does help when needed.
2-Cognitive Therapy which take a long time and is relatively efficient.
3-Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing ( EMDR ) is by far the best and quickest technique.
My next blog will deal with EMDR, an amazing technique.
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder!
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Most addiction are manifestations of PTSD. A traumatic event invariably hides frozen in the brain of most addicts. Human beings have incredible brains. The brain will not allow an traumatic event to be processed. It will freeze the experience in a specific section-the emotional side. This is a survival adaptive behavior that is essential in order to survive a traumatic event. For example, children that were exposed by there parents to the 9/11 attacks, where parents would sit down to discuss what had happenned, are worst off than children that did not discuss the horrific event.
A traumatic event can occur at any time in life. A few examples are; car accident, sexual, physical and emotional abuse, divorce, lost of job, death of a love one, etc...
Look at your life and identify a traumatic event, if you can. If this is not possible, if it hurts too much, do not do it. There is a very good professional technique that was developped recently to help you if you are suffering from PTSD.
Most addiction are manifestations of PTSD. A traumatic event invariably hides frozen in the brain of most addicts. Human beings have incredible brains. The brain will not allow an traumatic event to be processed. It will freeze the experience in a specific section-the emotional side. This is a survival adaptive behavior that is essential in order to survive a traumatic event. For example, children that were exposed by there parents to the 9/11 attacks, where parents would sit down to discuss what had happenned, are worst off than children that did not discuss the horrific event.
A traumatic event can occur at any time in life. A few examples are; car accident, sexual, physical and emotional abuse, divorce, lost of job, death of a love one, etc...
Look at your life and identify a traumatic event, if you can. If this is not possible, if it hurts too much, do not do it. There is a very good professional technique that was developped recently to help you if you are suffering from PTSD.
Behavior is Purposeful!
I am now seeing the addiction very differently. It is NOT a disease. It is a mental disorder that can last a lifetime if not treated. An addict is not powerless. An addict automatically falls back to what will give a quick release to any stressfull situation. An addict is in a surviving mode.
Why? What is happenning to the brain? Why the need for a quick release?
Why? What is happenning to the brain? Why the need for a quick release?
Why this blog is needed.
Why would you care what I have to say about addiction?
I am over my addiction, absolutely, 100% over it.
You want to quit your addiction? Follow the advice of someone whose been there.
What is an addiction? What causes a person to become an addict? Are they powerless to change? Is an addiction a disease? If so is there a cure? What about 12 steps programs? Do they work? Where do they come from?
My blog will explore these questions and offer modern day solutions. I will elaborate on a step by step plan. It is not a place to be negative and to attack current addiction models. I am not a supporter of the 12 steps programs.
Let's start!
I am over my addiction, absolutely, 100% over it.
You want to quit your addiction? Follow the advice of someone whose been there.
What is an addiction? What causes a person to become an addict? Are they powerless to change? Is an addiction a disease? If so is there a cure? What about 12 steps programs? Do they work? Where do they come from?
My blog will explore these questions and offer modern day solutions. I will elaborate on a step by step plan. It is not a place to be negative and to attack current addiction models. I am not a supporter of the 12 steps programs.
Let's start!
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