The sudden revelation that it was alcohol that was sabotaging my efforts to accomplish my goals made me very angry at alcohol, not myself. I determined to do something about it, and to change from the man I was to the man I wanted to become.
I was also immediately aware that once I removed alcohol from my life, it would logically become easier and easier for me to achieve my goals. And it has. Ive lost weight, I have more energy, and I feel much healthier. I also think more clearly, Im genuinely enthusiastic about my future, and Im on pace to more than double my income this year as compared to last year.
However, if you are wondering why you should listen to MY advice someone you do not know instead of your doctor, or someone else whose opinion you trust. My answer is that you should consider ALL ideas to overcome alcohol addiction, because you just never know when some little crazy idea will work wonders for you, until you actually try it. What worked for me CAN work very well for lots of other people, including you. Just give it a couple of weeks, and youll be living an alcohol-free lifestyle. Now, let me tell you how I quit drinking alcohol:
The First Step: I remembered the bad times I had drinking alcohol. I constantly reminded myself of the times I got sick, or wasted all of my money, or just felt lousy due to drinking. I not only remembered the bad stuff, I tried to RE-LIVE it all over again so I would become more disgusted at the prospect of drinking. I tried to conjure up the same bad feelings I had before to reinforce my commitment to change. In fact, I purposely remembered the bad times involving alcohol as often as I could, even if it meant doing so every 5 or 10 minutes!
FIRST STEP SUMMARY: It is essential to constantly REMIND YOURSELF of all the negative experiences youve had while drinking alcohol. Remember the vomiting, the headaches, the stomach aches, and wasting your money. Remember getting in fights, or saying stupid things, or hurting others emotionally or even physically. Dwell on and relive the bad feelings that were CAUSED by alcohol. All of these bad things WERE in your life BECAUSE of alcohol. Let the NEGATIVE feelings grow inside of you at the very mention of the word alcohol. Begin to HATE alcohol for what its done to you in the past. Let the NEGATIVE feelings about alcohol OVERWHELM any positive feelings you USED to have about alcohol. I can tell you for a fact that there is NO ONE who is more of a positive person than I am, and yet I can also assure you that by being deliberately negative about alcohol youll quickly want NOTHING to do with it. You will soon identify IT with EVERYTHING that ever was NEGATIVE about your life.
The Second Step: I had a dirty mind and deliberately conjured up negative words, images and thoughts about alcohol. I really let my imagination get the better of me here, and I TRIED to visualize the most disgusting things I could and then CONNECTED them to alcohol. I wont say what they were here, because they were pretty bad! But, what happened is that after a few days of deliberately connecting words, images, and thoughts to alcohol they were soon joined at the hip.
SECOND STEP SUMMARY: Visualize the most disgusting images you can involving alcohol. If you see a glass of beer PICTURE it as really someones urine. Say the word URINE to yourself when you see someone drinking a beer. If you see a glass of wine PICTURE it as blood. Say the word BLOOD to yourself when you see a glass of wine. Attach the most vile and disgusting images to whatever your favorite drink was, and in a couple of days it will become automatic. Alcohol = _______ (fill in the blank with the most ugly, disgusting words and images you can come up with). You will soon, naturally, be repulsed by the sight of an alcoholic drink. See Quit Drinking by Using the Power of Imagination for a few ways to attach negative mental imagery to alcohol.
The Third Step: Each day I focused on small improvements in my life. Each morning I paid special attention to the fact that I just felt better, stronger, and happier. I also noticed that my face was a bit less puffy, and the bags under my eyes a bit less noticeable. I tried to notice every little change for the better, and I tried to do it all day long. Noticing and FOCUSING in on the improvements brought them to the forefront of my thoughts, making them a priority, and helped reinforce my desire to quit.
THIRD STEP SUMMARY: This is the opposite of the first step. Simply put, constantly remind yourself of how you NOW feel better, look better, have more money, think more clearly, and will LIVE LONGER since alcohol is out of your life. Notice even the little positives, such as how you now spend more time with your kids, or exercise more often, or eat healthier. Life is all about the little things. I dont mean to just be thankful for your blessings (the 5th step below) but FOCUS on how much your life is getting better each day.
The Fourth Step: I acted like Ive been sober for years, even though it was only a few days. And I acted like alcohol meant nothing, even though (at first) it meant a lot. Its hard to explain this, but acting the part helped me become what I wanted to become because I began to do all the little things that a sober person might do. In essence, it was easier to become sober when I acted like I ALREADY WAS sober!
FOURTH STEP SUMMARY: Act (and think and talk) as if youve been sober for years, even if its only been a day or two. Something mysterious happens to you when you do this, and yet its also quite simple: you BECOME the type of person that you act like TODAY. The reason this works is because when you act the part you sub-consciously begin to adapt the habits and thoughts required to become the type of person you wish to become. And the more you act the part, the more you become your ideal you. Basically, acting the part makes it easy to walk the walk.
The Fifth Step: I was continually thankful for the many blessings in my life. Not in a general way, but very specifically I thanked God for what I ALREADY had. Each evening I thanked God for my life, for being healthy, for my girlfriend, for living in the greatest country on earth, and for many other things. By doing this I constantly focused my energy on the good things around me, and by doing so I helped attract other good things into my life. Like attracts like!
FIFTH STEP SUMMARY: Above all, be truly grateful for the many blessings in your life. There are so many things, both big and little, that you could be thankful for if you would take a few moments and think about them. Whether its your family or friends, or the country you were born in or where youre living at now, or the physical or intellectual skills you have, or your ability to see or hear or talk, or the many freedoms you enjoy. There is so much that YOU have that a lot of other people DONT. Cherish these blessings, and focus on them often to realize how lucky YOU are to have been given these gifts. When we are truly thankful for what we ALREADY have is when we open ourselves up to even more of lifes blessings.
Summed Up Here Are the 5 Things You Should Start Doing:
- Remember the bad stuff that happened to you involving alcohol. And when I say remember, I mean to really FOCUS ON and RE-LIVE all the bad times you had. Get angry at alcohol for what IT DID TO YOU!
- Mentally visualize negative images and descriptions about alcohol. The more vile and disgusting the better! ATTACH that negative image (or sound or smell) to the thought of alcohol. SUPER GLUE IT TOGETHER!
- Focus on the improvements and how your life is getting better. Look for the LITTLE things. Did you lose a pound? Is your face getting clearer? Are you spending more time with the family? Are you smiling more often?
- Act, think and talk like someone who has been sober for years. Read this until you FULLY understand it: when you act the part you sub-consciously begin to adapt the habits
and thoughts required to become the type of person you wish to become. Got it? Good. - Be grateful for what you have been given by your Creator. Start focusing on what you ALREADY have in your life, and the blessings you have ALREADY been given. Be grateful so that more blessings will flow your way!
and they are nothing more than teaching yourself some new habits around alcohol. This might sound hard to do, but remember that new habits can take hold in as little as 3 weeks. After 6 weeks the habit becomes as solid as a rock, and you no longer even have to think about it. So, I implore you to TRY this 5 step program to overcome alcohol addiction for at least 3 weeks. It truly worked wonders for me, and it can do the same for you.
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