Online-Getting To The Root Cause Of Addictive Behavior

Getting To The Root Cause Of Addictive Behavior

Cravings, Addictions and More…

In my years of being a therapist I’ve worked with cravings and addictions in many forms. Everything from heavily dependent drug addicts in rehab through to nail-biting, chocolate binging, compulsive exercise and computer games. What I found in each of these people was a ‘need’ to numb/dumb something down. That ‘something’ is different in each person but it’s a constant gnawing or emptiness craving attention or to be filled up, gratified, acknowledged.

So, we eat, drink and distract ourselves with our drug or habit of choice so as ‘not’ to feel whatever it is that’s looking for attention; and it works, but only for a short time. Your chocolate bar, extra glass of wine, cigarette, just one more game is just an emotional band-aid or pacifier we put on top of the pain and suffering we don’…