What Underlies Addiction

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"At first it gave me wings to fly but then it took my sky away"
 
It may start off as an impulse or something you do to feel more in control, but soon it feels like it's controlling you.

Some of the reasons for Addiction are - sadness, unease, frustration, suppressed rage, nervousness, stressful relationships (family or partner), depression, peer pressure, low self-esteem, genetic factors, if members of the family were addicts, because of loneliness or there may have been an event or incident or a particular time period that triggered the start of it.

​Part of therapy is to get help in identifying why you are doing it and unravelling the underlying issues. This is why each individual case is so unique and why group therapy for addiction doesn't always work for everyone. Also some people prefer privacy and especially when it's necessary to do a certain amount of soul-searching and discuss things that perhaps even close friends may not know about, confidentiality becomes of paramount importance. This is your own individual search and what you stand to get out of it is a new lease on life for yourself and for loved ones around you. At the end of the day, there's no time to lose.
 
By coming to see a therapist you start an unspoken contract with yourself, that you are prepared to look at what you are doing and look at making change and moving forward. You won't look back.
 
The important thing with Addiction is that you need to be a co-pilot and be ready to let go and start a whole new way forward. i.e. you need to do the work as well. If you are prepared to look deep into yourself through this process there is much more to gain than losing the addiction.
 
You could stand to gain new energy and a revolutionised you meaning more self-respect, better relationships at home and at work, better health and a newly formed concept about who you are, your ability to take control and reshape your future. ​
 
Some common and wide-spread addictions are Smoking, Food addictions (sugar, chocolate, eating disorders), Cannabis/Skunk/Alcohol, Porn Addiction, Self-harm, Sex Addiction, Gambling, Working, Exercising, Screen Addiction, Video Games.

If you’d like to learn more about how I can help using Cognitive Hypnotherapy & NLP, Havening Techniques, EFT and EMDR, tailored to suit the client,  please get in touch. 

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