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Beating Addictions Naturally
Imagine
that the Holy Spirit within is talking to you. He does from time to
time, and He might say, I am your Spirit, and I have no
place in your heart. Why?
You know me, although you have forgotten who I really am. Now I step away from
your consciousness. I walk around in the darkness of your heart. You
don’t want to know me anymore.
You have come to believe that I am something that is apart from you and God,
but I am not. I am only your Spirit.
Listen, while I still live, because if you do not, I will soon die . And when
I die you cannot live because we are one although separated.
Let me tell you who I am. Try hard to hear me. Open your heart for just a
moment and feel the truth for your sake as well as mine.
Together and through
the power of Jesus Christ we can become strong. Together we can heal and
reclaim all that we are, including our freedom from negative behavior. And
when we have become strong enough, we will stand together and make so
powerful a change that the heavens will respond!
A SOLUTION:
God has given us gifts to work with.
1
Remember who you are, your past - What are you afraid of?
2
Be willing to accept your feelings, and heir value in your life and
their function.
3
Change outdated beliefs. Mistaken beliefs that keep you from being who
you are.
4
Examine the decisions that you make about the quality of your
health. Your decision can show us what your beliefs
are because they are based on the painful experiences that we must
remember - our feelings of hurt fear and anger - and finally our mistaken
beliefs.
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 BEATING ADDICTION NATURALLY
When ever we talk about addictions, our recall is
drawn to what we have heard in the past, namely drug addicts or
alcoholics. However, this is only a small part of addictions. Often
compulsive behavior over shadows the events of daily living.
An addiction is such a compelling force that few
people escape it’s destructive forces. However, we are
the temporary stewards of our body and the keepers of our own healing. We are keepers of an
intuitive intelligence so powerful it can tell us how to heal. The time has come for
each of us to claim it again. Never forget: God wants you to heal. He
has given you the tools in the form of nutrients and He wants you to look inside yourself for the
answers.
We are on a health care revolution as
profound as civil rights or feminism. All over, I see an uprising fueled by
courageous people, demanding that their spiritual and intuitive voices be honored in the
healing process. Attitudes are shifting. I meet people everywhere who rail against
the icy sterility of technological advances alone, no matter how miraculous the
"cure" when simple kindness, love, and awe for our inner spirituality is
sacrificed healing can only temporary.
Our passion here at Alternatives- A Health Resource®
and The Helping Hand Ministry® is to bring spirituality and intuition into mainstream medicine. From
there we can choose from the best of both worlds. A clear connection
with a compassionate God, can help us heal. Intuition is the spiritual
language that links our head with our hearts, and thus to the potential of
wellness. It is essential that we develop positive beliefs about healing any
addition, to a love for the body, an appreciation of the body's subtle energy system
(Chinese medical practitioners call it "chi"), and also learn to access inner
guidance by listening to the Holy Spirit who is our constant companion and our comfort. With
the gifts that God gave us, we can maintain optimal health and better face any health challenges that
may arise.
In the following pages we hope to bring you closer to the essence
of alleviating compulsive behavior by using the gifts that God has given us.
In GENESIS 1:29, God says, "Behold I have given you every herb
bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree,
in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be
for meat."
THE PATTERN:
Most addictions begin with people wanting to feel good; to feel at peace,
but almost anything we do can become an addiction, especially when it
serves our purpose. It doesn't matter whether it's drugs, alcohol, exercise, sex, movies,
eating, not eating, people, knitting, or chewing your nails. When it becomes
something you feel compelled to do, it's a pattern. The key is to notice how
you would feel if you stop the behavior. Can you stop? Can you picture
stopping in your mind's eye? If you
can't, then you know you've got an addictive pattern running. I call
that pattern, The Addictive Mental Process or AMP. If you can
stop for brief periods, how do you feel? What's the first feeling that
surfaces? Generally the first thing that surfaces is a fear of feeling.
It's the fear that says "If I stop doing XYZ and feel my pain,
something bad will happen." The "something bad" might be
repercussions you actually suffered at the hands of your parents, etc. Or it
may be just that your pain will surface, and for some of us, that's bad
enough. The things we've avoided for so long are sometimes horrifying to
face.
GETTING WHAT YOU NEED: Eat
well, and enough. Take Herbal formulas, vitamin supplements, amino acids,
especially if your addiction is to drugs or alcohol. Drink plenty of water. If
you can't stand the taste of plain water, put a little lemon in it. Water
can help flush toxins out of your system.
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