Do you know that many rehab approaches are outdated? Check the history of the approaches for yourself.
12 step programs were designed in 1935- lots had been discovered about the human condition since then. Yet they are the most commonly used framework for recovery.
Do you know that many rehab approaches, unknowingly, can keep you from reaching your goal of being drug free?
Let’s look at one of the most popular and well known statements people are encouraged to accept and take on at a deep personal level when entering a rehab program.
I am a drug addict.
Any statement you make to yourself – tells you, what you are.
I am– are the two most powerful words that influence us from the unconscious, subconscious and conscious levels.
I am a drug addict: may at the surface seem to be a deep meaningful self acknowledgment and acceptance of what a person has become. However by continually repeating it- over and over again – to themselves and within meetings as an opening – I fear they may indeed be holding themselves into the pattern of being a drug addict.
Now before you throw your arms up in dismay – hear me out.
‘I am’ – is the most powerful tool you can use to define and heal yourself.
Check out Dr Wayne Dyer’s work. He’s a cutting edge scientist along with others (Dr Bruce Lipton, Dr Deepak Chopra that I’ve studied relentlessly in the persuit to create a recovery model that is effortless and effective) on the frontline of change and evolution. He tells us that anything we tell ourselves will be so.
So, by saying (and encouraged as an affirmation) as part of the path of acceptance ‘I am a drug addict‘- you are telling yourself what you actually no longer want to be – I am a drug addict.
By engaging in this statement ‘I am a drug addict’ one is encouraged to embrace and integrate into their recovery path, and personality – that they are still in fact a Drug addict. This is false. It’s an unintentional false message being programmed deeply into the unconscious mind and is the exact opposite to what the desired outcome generally is for anyone in a recovery program.
I’ve wittnessed many people to continue to struggle with addiction much longer than is necessary while totally commited to recovery. And whilst change may come- the change is often fraut with difficulties , false identification, feelings of helplessness and hopelessness.
In my opinion (based on much research using Dr Bruce Liptons – Biology of Belief) the stuckness many continue to experience daily may simply be due to the fact that you are telling every single one of your 50 trillion cells that you are a drug addict on a regular basis.
Backed by Dr Wayne Dyers powerful revelation through the I Am discovery, recovery from addiction can be effortless, joyful, satisfying and permanent- right through to the cellular level. Put in Dr Deepak Chopra’s work – and you will finally understand – you are your own healer.
There is new science that proves what I’m putting forward for consideration. Update your knowledge, reflect on what you are currently applying and see what the backbone of its evidence is. Is it based on new science? If it’s not- start exploring for yourself and you’ll soon see what I see. Outdated models that require urgent review.
I know you’ll be amazed, blown away and start asking questions like – where’s the rehab that has unconscious programming at the forefront of its approach?
It is proven that you become what you say you are. So maybe it’s time for the recovery world to step up into the 21st century and allow healing to be online with what’s current/ not just what’s comfortably known.
And it’s time for governments and universities to upskill our professionals – before it’s too late.
Maggie
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