The Three Rules of Sobriety
Part Four
Foundations Hypnosis Seattle ~ Bellevue

We began this series by looking at traditional chemical dependency treatment vs. non-traditional treatment, in this final installment we are going to look at how to use the 3 Rules of Sobriety to take an active role in the creation of your own recovery, in other words we are going to look at How you are not powerless over your drug and alcohol use.
When a client first comes to see me for an issue with drug or alcohol addiction, they are usually tired and depressed, having dealt with the consequences of their addiction on a daily basis. They are also sure that accepting the idea of powerlessness over their addiction is not how they are going to find a way out of the mess.
As you recall from the first three parts of this series, we introduced three very simple ideas or rules:
1) The Rule of Attention: What you put your attention on increases in your life.
2) The Rule of Detachment: You are not your thoughts; you are not your body, you the power behind the thoughts and feelings, you are the creator and director of your life.
3) The Rule of Deliberate Creation: Recognizing that you are in charge of your reactions, and you are attracting into your life what you truly focus on, then the best course of action would be to deliberate direct and create your life instead of just letting things happening without your conscious input or control
What you focus on is what you experience in your life. When you decide that you want to stop a behavior, such as drinking, or drug use, or smoking cigarettes, what is it that you focus on? Do you focus on the behavior that you want to rid yourself of, or do you focus on the behaviors that you want to experience?
To help you understand this better I want you to try this experiment: I want you to close your eyes, take a deep breath, and then not think about the Statue of Liberty in the New York Harbor. (pause) O. K. now being very honest, how many of you immediate created an image of the New York Harbor and the Statue of Liberty, and / or how many of you struggled to not create an image of the Statue of Liberty in the Harbor?
You see what we put our attention on, is what comes up in our minds, and what comes up in our minds is what we tend to attract or create in our lives.
When I have a client who says “but I did not create these problems in my life.” I have to agree. I am sure that they did not deliberately create, or attract these issues into their lives, but I am sure that without conscious awareness they kept setting up situations and events in their lives that would allow them to experience exactly what their thoughts were focused on.
The idea is that if you want to experience a life free of Drugs, Alcohol, or Obsessive Compulsive Behavior, then you need to figure out what it is that you do want to experience in life. What are the situations that you want to experience? Do you want to experience good relationships, good jobs, abundance, joy, and happiness? With the help of Foundations Hypnosis Seattle ~ Bellevue, you can look at, and identify those behaviors that you don’t want to have in your life, detach from the feelings associated with those behaviors, and then start deliberately creating those things that you do want.
The first step in this journey is: ADMIT WE ARE POWERLESS OVER EVENTS AND OTHER PEOPLE, BUT WE HAVE COMPLETE CONTROL OVER OUR OWN REACTIONS AND ATTITUDES TOWARD THOSE EVENTS AND OTHER PEOPLE. WE ARE YOU IN COMPLETE CONTROL OF OUR CHOICES, AND BY UTILIZING THE IMMENSE POWER OF OUR MINDS; WE CAN CREATE THE LIFE THAT WE DESIRE.
Take that first step and regain control of your life. You will be amazed at what you can accomplish.

The End