NormQuantz.com » addictive habit http://www.normquantz.com Counsellor, Author, Relationship Expert, Video Blog About Therapy and Mental Health Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:36:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Transferring From one Addiction to Another http://www.normquantz.com/2009/05/transferring-from-one-addiction-to-another/ http://www.normquantz.com/2009/05/transferring-from-one-addiction-to-another/#comments Mon, 25 May 2009 19:07:21 +0000 Norm http://www.normquantz.com/?p=163

Moving from one addiction to another or transferring addictions is a common problem for a lot of people. For instance people that conquer their drinking addiction but now have problems with an overeating addiction.

If the pressure is very high to stop an addiction, it is easy to move from one addiction to another. When there is a need to substitute real life with an addiction it’s time to take a look at the addictive mindset. Take a look at when you first realized you were addicted. Why did the addiction seem to work? What were you using it for? What benefit did you get from it? Are there similar responses to events from your childhood?

This video is an expansion of my previous video on addictions. Maybe you have successfully dealt with one addiction but you can’t figure out why you now have a different one. Take a look at this short video. I welcome your comments and feedback.

With You in Mind,
Norm

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Addictions can be described as a habit that has become detrimental to a person’s life. There can be an emotional or physiological addiction or a combination of those two. An addiction is something that is causing interference with healthy living and enjoying life and is now in control of the person.

It is confusing when a person realizes they have lost control but can’t understand why. Why you can’t seem to stop? Looking at the issue of what you are stopping or what you need your addiction for, might give you some insight. Is it the physiological craving, or is it when you are in an awkward moment, or feel uncomfortable that you get a craving to numb your feelings?

Often with addiction, the addiction becomes the coping method. In this video I talk about an addiction being a substitute for one’s own personal intentional control. We need to look at the reason you need to use a coping method in the first place. Looking at the cause might help you to take a better approach to the addiction.

Please feel free to add your questions, comments or feedback.

With You in Mind,
Norm

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