HYPNOTHERAPY FOR ADDICTIONS

The main addictions that hypnotherapy is helpful for are:

• Alcohol

• Drugs

• Gambling

• Smoking

• Food

• Behavioural Problems

A habit becomes an addiction when you can’t stop without experiencing symptoms of withdrawal such as irritability, anxiety and jumpiness. You may get headaches and other aches and pains, you may obsess about the behaviour or substance and feel a constant and intense desire to return to the behaviour or substance.

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Hypnotherapy has a proven track record in understanding and stopping addictive behaviour.

How do you know that you are an alcoholic?

•  Do you lose time from work due to drinking?

• Is drinking making your home life unhappy?

• Do you drink because you are shy with other people?

• Is drinking affecting your reputation?

• Have you ever felt remorse after drinking?

• Have you gotten into financial difficulties as a result of drinking?

• Do you turn to self-destructive companions and unhealthy situations when drinking?

• Does your drinking make you careless of your family’s welfare?

• Has your ambition decreased since drinking?

• Do you crave a drink at a definite time each day?

• Do you want a drink the next morning?

• Does drinking cause you to have difficulty sleeping?

• Has your efficiency decreased since drinking?

• Is drinking jeopardizing your job or business?

• Do you drink to escape your job or business?

• Do you drink alone?

• Have you ever had a complete loss of memory as a result of drinking?

• Has your physician ever treated you for drinking?

• Do you drink to build up your self-confidence?

• Have you ever been to a hospital or institution on account of drinking?

According to John Hopkins University Hospital, if you answered YES to any two questions above you are probably an alcoholic. If you answered YES to three or more questions above you are definitely an alcoholic.

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How do I know if I have a drug abuse problem? If you answer YES to any of the following questions it is possible you may be addicted.

• Do you lose time from work due to drug-taking?

• Does drug-taking interfere with other activities in your life?

• Do you spend more money or time getting or taking drugs than you think you should?

• Is drug-taking harming your health?

• Does your drug-taking harm your family or friends?

• Do you turn to self-destructive companions and unhealthy situations when taking drugs?

• Has your ambition decreased since taking drugs?

• Do you crave drugs at a definite time each day?

• Does drug-taking cause you to have difficulty sleeping?

• Has your efficiency decreased since taking drugs?

• Is drug-taking jeopardizing your job or business?

• Do you take drugs to escape form worries or trouble?

• Do you take drugs to build up your self-confidence?

• Have you ever been to a hospital or institution on account of drug taking?

Alcoholism and drug use are two of the most common addictions in our society.

Any addictive or habitual problem can be treated effectively and permanently with hypnosis – even a chemical dependence.

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Hypnotherapy has a proven track record with addictions because the subconscious mind can be accessed in trance hypnosis to help conquer both the physical and psychological aspects of the disease.

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To overcome addiction, you must undergo a basic change of attitude and lifestyle. This means dropping defensiveness, because it prevents self-treatment, you must open themselves up, look inward, admit your bondage to your 'drug', and any deeper problems of pride, selfishness, insecurity and distrust. People who recover from addiction have faced these aspects of themselves.

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Conventional counselling can be successful, but according to most statistics their success rate is only about 22 percent. However, many studies show that using hypnotherapy in addition to these programs results in up to 87% success.