Overcoming Addictions

Generally self help books and treatment programs struggle to address the addiction itself, but that's the wrong approach. How can you conquer the symptoms without curing the cause? You can't! And since you can't, taking that approach to overcoming addiction is the corresponding of putting a band-aid on the problem. Addictive behaviour is a symptom of underlying emotional shock. So, when you fix the root of the problem habitual behaviour becomes abhorrent. Instead, the mainstream philosophy for overcoming addiction has followed an outline of bombarding people with several theories and confusing psychobabble, neither of which address liberation from underlying emotional shock, restoring self-esteem, or how to overcome addiction.

hello, actually, it is not easy to overcome addiction because this was what you are used to do. right? It is really hard to stop specially if you hooked to it. That is why some people decided to rehabilitated their relatives to move on, because if one person really addicted to something he/she wont listen to anyone around him/her even the family of them. right?

I totally agree with you. It too me ages to quit smoking (I smiked for 50 years) and now, even after not smoking for about 5 years, I say I´m a smoker who is not smoking. I will never smoke a tenth of a ciggie: that could start it all over again. I am addicted (less, but still) to chocolates. The way I manage is that I never bey chocolate. I´ll eat like a pig if someone brings some as a gift, but buying is forbidden. I like to gamble, but I only do it out of my country, on vacations, and I take to the casino the amount of money I´m willing to lose (usually the cost of a dinner or cinema).

Overcomimg an addiction to anything is not an easy task. it can be something that is easier said than done. it takes a while for an addiction to set in. it can take just as long to ease the burden.