Alcoholism and Drug Addiction-Change to Recovery

The American Psychiatric profession believes, Once an alcoholic, always an alcoholic.

Once a drug addict, always a drug addict.

Alcoholism/drug addiction is a disease and Relapse is part of recoveryNot true says, Dorothy M.

Neddermeyer, PhD, Holistic Healer. Using a holistic approach Body, Mind and Spiritpeople can be healed of alcoholism and drug addiction without relapse and without cravings by healing the underlying causes which precipitate the need to use alcohol or drugs to cope. A holistic approach incorporates life coaching, massage therapy, acupuncture, hypnotherapy, yoga, physical fitness, spiritual awakening, as well as Chinese herbologyThe Once an addict always an addict and Relapse is a Part of Recovery paradigm has crippled and doomed many people to a life of struggle and self-deprecation throughout the world.

You have merely chosen a substance to cope with the underlying conditions that you can heal, at which time your dependency will cease completely and foreverToday, having healed hundreds of people labeledalcoholics and drug addicts, I speak with complete certainty that alcoholism and addictions are not diseases.

If not a disease, what are they? These issues have both physical and psychological componentsanything from anemia, hypoglycemia, or a sluggish thyroid to attention deficient disorder, brain-wave pattern imbalances, or deep emotional painDepression, Anxiety, Panic, OCD, Anger, Sadness, Fear.

There are Seven Steps to recovery, which address these causes, but foundational to them all is this key premise: When the underlying painful issues are discovered and healed, the need for alcohol or drugs disappears.

The Seven Recovery Steps include: Recognize, Re-Look, Re-Feel, Re-Experience, Respond, Release and Renew.

This process will open your mind to new ways of thinking that will cause you to see your dependency, and perhaps your entire life, in a whole new light.

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