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I don’t think you can force anyone out of an addiction, words are useless, in my opinion the person needs to realise that what he/she is doing is wrong or unnatural, once they understand this and try correcting it, only then can support actually stop the addiction. Even at this point, if the person has no real will to stop then support has no affect.
i myself had a digusting habit which i stopped and no support from anyone could help me… or that might just be me.
addiction is dependancy…
one should not think i need this drug etc,but rather i will use this for my own enjoyment and will cease whenever i wish to.
I’m not sober, but I try to stick to the motto, “everything in moderation.” The state of addiction is not one of moderation…it’s as simple as that! Enjoy life, just don’t let it’s ills get you down or become mental/physical habits!
I’ve been sober for 20 minutes.
If you have an addiction you really have to rework much of your life to remove yourself from the addiction. I mentioned fasting and cleansing, that’s only one way and my preferred method
Nice point Renic, most people have an addiction, the trick is recognizing it. If you start by clearing yourself of other addictions they get easier and easier to accomplish, even if those addictions are not to a substance, maybe your addiction is a habit.
Start with fasting, or a cleanse, nothing makes you feel better than to clear your addiction to one of the most basic survival instincts, food. Do it safely and follow a proven cleanse or fast, don’t just starve yourself.
I used to watch a lot of TV also….
Now I crochet or sew instead of watching TV.
It’s a crazy addiction.
The majority of people have an addiction of some kind. The trick is to recognize it and to replace the unwanted addiction with a healthier one.
I used to smoke a LOT. When I recognized it as an addiction, I decided to crochet or sew whenever I wanted a cigarette. Now yarn and thread are my addictions.
One could replace their addiction to food with an addiction for reading for instance.
Just be sure to choose a new addiction that you’ll enjoy and that’s healthy.
After all, a problem cannot be solved at the same level of mind that created it.
i would say that counting the days connotes a connection to the problem still. I think counting the days convinces the counter that there is a goal to reach…. but in reality, the minute after her last purge she was already a non-purger. I think it prevents a person from feeling victorious.
i was a smoker for about 10 years, and when i finally decided it was time to stop, i used a mantra to help me, because i tried to stop in the past but there was always some excuse i would give myself to start again.
“im not going to put myself through that again.”
i know its not very inspiring but whenever i would get any craving i would just say that to myself a few times , smile and move on.
Also, I would say that happiness cannot be found while a person is addicted. And that happiness awaits at the end of the withdrawal period (the cravings will stop). Although substances/behaviors can be tempting, I think if they go against one’s respect for oneself they can only bring misery in the long-run.
I think it is often hard to stop before one hits rock-bottom and realizes just how not worth it addiction really is. Nevertheless maybe your harvard-business school strategy of betting the company might help. Perhaps if someone imagines the worst possible outcome of the addiction and really meditates that it has already happened, then perhaps that might help. But it can be soooooo hard.
1. you are not a body
2. love and accept yourself as being divine.
if 1 and 2 don’t resonate. then 3. re-invent yourself in your mind’s eye as who you would like to be, see it, feel that moment and hopefully your body/mind will follow.
Stop counting
Change your energy.
I Would tell them, that your body isnt whats beautiful its your mind thar makes you shine dont worry about your present troubles everything will be fine
Replying to myself…No actually, using that alone is the slower way to transcend a problem because it only deals with motivation. Although this is useful, to transcend further and be beyond the issue entirely, see Wan’s video on Journik.
They just need to distract, stop thinking about it and switch attention from addiction to something healthier. Focusing on it, whether in a positive or negative way, supporting it or judging it, would only make their mind fixated on it. They need their own will power to overcome it.
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Supporting their distorted perception of the external world… Namely their body. It’s a pretty simple sentence really… Don’t know what your missing?
the answers have to come within. And don’t listen to peoples harsh critisicms on how to fix your own problem. I have dealt with people like this my whole life and usually their rude comments on how to cure my addictions/life situations is just a mast of thier own demons.
meditate and keep it to yourself
“physical reassurance”???? the fuck?
I used to be anorexic, and though others can see there’s an obvious problem, the person with the eating disorder cannot. Not just because their perception of themselves is distorted, but also because they don’t get enough fuel so they can’t think logically about the situation. For me it came about from deep depression that I didn’t know how to deal with. Like moonlite09 said, you have to get to the root of the problem before you can heal that person, and even they may not know the problem.