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Drinking alcohol has become very much part of our culture—sharing a bottle of wine over a meal, going out for drinks with friends, celebrating special occasions with champagne. Because drinking alcohol has become part of everyday life it is often hard to notice when we have stepped over the line of enjoying a social drink to becoming problem drinking. Very often, the damage has been done before we realise it. Alcohol dependency and alcohol abuse can affect many aspects of our life, including relationships, work, and how we take care of ourselves and if not treated correctly, can result in many aspects of our life changing, too often those changes are for the worst.
How can I be helped with my alcohol dependence? linked to your drinking problem Activating Event An argument at home. Dysfunctional thoughts and beliefs I can’t do anything right. Why cant I just get some peace and quiet, I'm always getting nagged at. A few drinks will help me forget this. At least when I'm drunk i can just fall asleep and make it go away. (This client is talking himself into the reasons why he should go out and get drunk, although the thinking is maybe not very functional). Dysfunctional emotion or consequence Anger and resentment towards the subject of his annoyance, using alcohol to avoid the situation, (Avoidance), not knowing how to cope or understand how to cope. The results which often occur with a person who is alcohol dependent is his denial as to the scale of the problem. As you can see from the above example, (Which is purely for illustration purposes and by no means indicate that this would be the only scenario to drinking problems), it’s not the event that is causing the person to drink too much because he could just as well obstinate from drinking and deal with the situation, it’s the thoughts and beliefs attached to the event which encourages him to drink too much. Whatever level your alcohol dependence is at you can be pretty sure that it is your thoughts and beliefs which feed the habit or addiction. I will help you to challenge your negative beliefs to determine the possibility against what you consider to be a probable outcome of whatever your dysfunctional thinking is. Once you are able to look at your alcohol dependence without denial of the problem then the scale of your drinking problem will recede. Click this link for more detailed information on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy How else can I be helped with my alcohol dependence? Hypnotherapy for alcohol depenence is one of the most validated therapies available today. Recognised by the British Medical Association,(BMA), Hypnotherapy is recognized as an orthodox treatment and not merely a complimentary practice. How Can Hypnotherapy help me with my drinking problems? As mentioned above, the way you feel, is generally a result of your negative thoughts or beliefs about a current situation or an impending situation. Sometimes, however, the reasons why you drink too much may not be known to you at a conscious level. Drinking alcohol excessively may be as a result to negative stimuli which you are not aware of. Drinking alcohol may be because of misinterpreted protection for yourself…emotional protection. With all conditions I treat in my practice I am always looking how to release the emotional attachment a client is experiencing towards, as in this case, alcohol dependence. Once the client understands what the emotional attachment is, he is then well on his way to recovery. This is the same as with all habits and addictions. As a general rule of thumb a person who has an addiction to alcohol did not intentionally set out to become like this, it generally is a circumstance of events which lead up to it. We will uncover that chain of events and help you to gain closure on them which will give you the motivation to succeed with the agreed goals. Using hypnotherapy in this way helps to shave off many weeks of traditional talking therapy because it establishes the root of where your addiction originated much quicker.Hypnotherapy faq’s Click this link for more detailed information on Hypnotherapy Whether your alcohol dependence is due to Anxiety, Depression, Panic, Stress, Anger issues, Low Confidence or Low Self Esteem, I will work with you methodically to find the way forward to release the emotional attachment you have to alcohol.
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