Healing Addiction

As we look through the TV listings, we see more and more shows that deal with addiction. There is the A&E hit Intervention, TLC's Addicted, and a few other lesser known shows. Many characters in popular shows often refer to groups such as Alcoholics Anonymous. The terms AA and NA have become part of our current culture, but do these groups and 12 step programs work?

I am far from able to give you real statistics. In fact, because these 12 step program groups are self run and self governing, even they do not have stats. 1 thing I can assure you, is that the number of people that have 10+ years of continuous sobriety or clean time is rare. Yes, many people have been attending for years, but many often relapse.

I was speaking with an herbal doctor who also believes in self healing and mediation. He often works with cancer patients. He was explaining that many of his patients want to meditate and focus on their tumors, and they try and visualize the tumor shrinking. I was explained that this was the WRONG way to go about it. In fact, what you should do is visualize yourself as a healthy person. Imagine the doctor telling you that you are cancer free, and walk around with that true sense of joy within, and continually be thankful for your health and your healing.

How does this correlate to addiction? Easy...

Most addicts (although not all) want to stop, but do not see the light at the end of the tunnel. They feel powerless and out of control. They realize that they are not who they once were, and are not what they could be or should be.

Many feel comfort in rooms that are filled with other addicts that have gone through similar situations. The problem is that these groups focus on the negative. When you introduce yourself you immediately say "hi, my name is__________ and I am an addict or alcoholic". Although the aim is to quit addiction, the focus is automatically on being an addict.

Whether you are focusing on getting into or out of addiction, the focus is addiction, and you are attracting addiction. The aim should be to focus on healing and health in general.

It is a very long and tough road. Many drugs play around with our brain chemistry, and the addiction develops habits and financial strain. Addicts also often create strain amongst friends and family, so it is a lonely road.

So how do you heal addiction? Self will, desire and inner passion. Sounds like alot, and for many, it takes a few tries, but it does work. Instead of focusing on "hi I am an addict" focus on "Hi, my name is __________ and I am so grateful to be alive. I am healthy and learning new ways to live!"

Do not focus on drugs, do not count days that you did not use. Don't even think about it. In your mind visualize yourself as the success you want to be, give no time to thoughts of drugs, recovery or addiction. When cravings start, simply start thinking about something that makes you smile. Focus on a moment in your life that was truly rich and joyful. Walk around with that joy in your heart and good things will come upon you!

The key to healing addiction is to be grateful. Walk around with joy and true gratefulness and not only will you heal your addiction, but great things will happen in your life. You can will yourself out of addiction and into health.

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Have a joyous day!

My son's 4th Birthday!!!

Today I am especially grateful for my wonderful life. I have so much love for and from my family, I am truly blessed. I feel abundant and happy every day, but today is special. My son Rory is turning 4 tomorrow, and today he gets to have 2 parties.

My parents who are Jewish and keep Kosher are having a passover friendly birthday get together for Rory. All of Rory's grandparents and great-grandparents will be there, as will his best friend Jayden.

I am grateful that both my girlfriend and I have many amazing friends who will be there as well. It makes the party more enjoyable for Rory, and for us as well. I am sure he will get more than enough toys, money and clothing.

Being Easter, we are going to my girlfriend's mom's house for supper, and she is making Rory a homemade cake, and he is getting his brand new bike and helmet. There will be less people there, but it will be small and joyous.

Although he will not remember his birthday parties when he is older, right now, it is the highlight of his year. He is already asking when his 5 year old party will be. I remember all of his parties thus far, and I look forward to many more.

I want to share my gratitude for a loving generous family that treat my son like a prince. I am grateful that my family has their health, and good senses of humor. I am grateful for my health and fitness, and for my son's health. I am sincerely happy to live in a beautiful and comfortable home, and drive a nice car. I am blessed to have loving people around me. I am full of joy due to the success of my company. Last but not least, I am grateful to all of you who read my blogs, tweets etc...

I wish you all a wonderful day, Happy Passover and Festive Easter!

Your 1st step to success

I can tell you one thing. Everybody can be successful, its the path you take, and how you get on that path that will make the difference. Mistakes will be made, egos will be bruised. Money will be made and lost, but in the end, we can all be successful.

How we define success in very personal. I am successful in my own right. I live in a beautiful home, drive a nice car, and my kids are getting private education. To me that is great success. To somebody else, it is not. I am very happy and grateful for all that I have, and I continue to grow on my success.

The biggest mistake I see most people make, and I too have made this mistake in the past was to spend time, money and effort on "the plan." You get an idea, register a name, tax ID, develop a logo, create spreadsheets etc...

We decide our destiny. We decide our level of success. We DO NOT decide the plan, or how we are going to get there. The road will be put ahead of us, we do not build the road. We say where the X goes on the map, and we decide the treasure that X represents.

This does not mean have no plan at all, it just means you have to change your method of thinking, and the plan will be revealed to you. I decided long ago that I wanted to create a company that sold "lifestyle" products. I started off with creating a name, developed a logo, registered the company, bought product, and ended up owing alot of people alot of money.

My company is now a great success. I sell indoor tanning lotions and skin care creams, as well as sports supplements to tanning salons, gyms, salons and stores. What changed? The way I thought about it.

I woke up one day and started writing what I desired in terms of business. Here is what I wrote that very first day. You will notice that I wrote it as if it already was reality;
I am so very grateful and happy now that my company is a huge success with cheques and orders coming in every day. I am thrilled and grateful to earn $70 000.00 per year.

Once I completed that I took another piece of paper and wrote what I was grateful for. It doesn't matter if it is big or small, and long as the gratitude is sincere. I also started to cut items out of magazines and I stuck them on a peg board, and I pretended as if those were my items. There was a car, a few watches, designer sunglasses and jeans. Nice jewellery for my wife, cool toys for the kids.

I couldn't just sit there and leave it at that, you still need to get things done for the results to appear. So I emailed people I knew in the industry saying I was looking for sales reps and I was offering to pay them commission. Within a week I had 4 sales reps on board. The rest rolled out from there.

I have not yet reached my goals, but I am well on my way, and sales and personal income are increasing week after week.

Your 1 step to success is easy. Think about what you truly want to do. Explain to yourself what YOUR success means. Visualize life as if you already achieved that goal. Do what is needed to get there. Worry about the vision more than the plan.

I would love to hear people share their success stories with me, please comment or contact me via my website www.mytraineroz.com!