When it come to addictions, many people often think of drugs and alcohol. But, for your information, addictions can come in a number of forms. For example, if you are sexually promiscuous, abuse prescription drugs, gamble, constantly view pornography, or shop excessively; you are most likely to have an addiction problem.

Forms of additions:
Check the following and find out if you fall into one of these!
  • Do you have indiscriminate sex or constantly view pornography?
  • Do you buy things you don't need, spend more than you can afford, and feel "special" when purchasing? Does shopping give meaning to a life that feels "meaningless?"
  • Do you spend hours on-line playing poker? Do you leave work early to play or get up when everyone has gone to sleep to play more?
Nature of addictions:
All types of addictions serve to anesthetize you and are about not feeling!
  • Initially you get a high from an addiction, but that does not last for long.
  • Addictions zone you out; they keep you from feeling and in essence flat-line you.
  • The problem with
    addictions - you need more and more of the addiction to get the same result. More sex to feel zoned, more shopping to get rid of the feelings of loneliness, and bigger bets to blot out the feelings on inadequacy. It never ends and sends you in a downward spiral.
How to overcome additions:
In order to break an addition, commitment and discipline are to be needed!
  • First of all, breaking an addiction is an attitude change. You must make that commitment to yourself.
  • Discipline means doing things you are not used to doing. It means doing things that are out of the ordinary, things that initially do not feel natural to do.
  • Without making a plan, and setting up a support system, you cannot break and addiction.
  • Breaking an addiction means you are leaving one way of life and entering into another.
  • Entering the unknown always produces a sense of anxiety, a feeling of being out of control. This is normal and natural for us all.
  • As you feed your addiction less and less, your feelings will begin to rise to the surface. You are not used to feeling so these feelings will make you uncomfortable. You need to bear this, as it will pass and you will feel more whole in the process.