Hi everyone;
I am finally back. Today I was looking at the improvements I need to make in my own life and how they compare to that of my clients. The changes I need to make may not be so severe but they may end in just as much impact. Yousee, when we look at addiction, we look at stereotypical addiction: drugs, sex, ETOH, and gambling. The are he main things that we look at. However, when we separate addictions in to physical/pychological addictions and process dependencies I think that over the years no matter who you are you can think of more specific addictions ie eatting, tv, internet and so on.
I think that is is important to look at addiction in terms of varying level of problem rather than specifically looking at physical dependency. If we are addicted to food, we have likely conciously or unconciously decided that food is a good way to cope with stress, however, we are only feeding te problem and making it bigger. Let's face it, eatting a big mac is not going to get your job back, if anything it will make it more difficult to keep your job or even have the motivation to work. The big mac does not feed motivation it feeds comfort. If we only feed our comfort and never learn to accept discomfort we never really get very far. Look at these things in your own life.
Think about this:
1. How well do you accept discomfort?
2. Do you need to be in control, and why is that answer so important?
3. What do you count on when times get tough?
