Post by judyb on Aug 26, 2004 11:01:38 GMT -5
Your addiction is not stronger than you. Though it may feel that way,
it can only win if you let it. Like any weakness, it is not stronger
than the soul or the force of will. Its strength only indicates the
amount of effort that needs to be applied toward overcoming it.
Try to realize, and truly realize, that what stands between you and a
different life are matters of responsible choice. You are not at the
mercy of your inadequacy. The intention that will empower you must come
from a place within you that suggests that you are indeed able to make
responsible choices, that you can make choices that empower you.
Each time you resist temptation, you disengage the power of your
addiction and increase your personal power more and more. When you feel
the addictive attraction of nicotine, remember this: You stand between
two worlds. The power is fully in your hands.
As you choose to empower yourself, temptation will surface again and
again. Each time you challenge it, you gain power and it loses power.
Every time you are drawn to nicotine, challenge that energy. If you look
upon each craving as an indication that your intention is not working,
you are learning through fear and doubt. If you look upon each craving
as an opportunity to release your addiction and to acquire power over
it, you are learning through wisdom.
The first time that you challenge your addiction, and the second, and
the third, you may not feel that anything has been accomplished. Do you
think that victory can be had so easily? As you hold on to your
intention and resist again and again and again, you accumulate power and
the addiction that you thought could not be conquered will lose its
power over you.
Understanding the dynamics behind your addiction is one thing. Actually
making the emotional connection to discharge the need for it is another
story. Your addiction is not insurmountable. In order to release your
addiction, it is necessary to look deeply into yourself, to recognize
your inadequacies and bring them into your consciousness to heal. It may
be that your addiction has provided you one of the few genuine pleasures
of your life.
What is more important to you, your wholeness and your freedom, or the
pleasures that you get from satisfying your addiction?
as3 - rian - 3/99
it can only win if you let it. Like any weakness, it is not stronger
than the soul or the force of will. Its strength only indicates the
amount of effort that needs to be applied toward overcoming it.
Try to realize, and truly realize, that what stands between you and a
different life are matters of responsible choice. You are not at the
mercy of your inadequacy. The intention that will empower you must come
from a place within you that suggests that you are indeed able to make
responsible choices, that you can make choices that empower you.
Each time you resist temptation, you disengage the power of your
addiction and increase your personal power more and more. When you feel
the addictive attraction of nicotine, remember this: You stand between
two worlds. The power is fully in your hands.
As you choose to empower yourself, temptation will surface again and
again. Each time you challenge it, you gain power and it loses power.
Every time you are drawn to nicotine, challenge that energy. If you look
upon each craving as an indication that your intention is not working,
you are learning through fear and doubt. If you look upon each craving
as an opportunity to release your addiction and to acquire power over
it, you are learning through wisdom.
The first time that you challenge your addiction, and the second, and
the third, you may not feel that anything has been accomplished. Do you
think that victory can be had so easily? As you hold on to your
intention and resist again and again and again, you accumulate power and
the addiction that you thought could not be conquered will lose its
power over you.
Understanding the dynamics behind your addiction is one thing. Actually
making the emotional connection to discharge the need for it is another
story. Your addiction is not insurmountable. In order to release your
addiction, it is necessary to look deeply into yourself, to recognize
your inadequacies and bring them into your consciousness to heal. It may
be that your addiction has provided you one of the few genuine pleasures
of your life.
What is more important to you, your wholeness and your freedom, or the
pleasures that you get from satisfying your addiction?
as3 - rian - 3/99