Why Did Addiction Come Into My Life?
1) When elders are addicted, the younger ones too learn from them, they soon realize that addiction is not a bad habit as an elder is doing the same. As an individual creates a good and real image of his father and from every point of view thinks that the father is perhaps doing the right thing.
2) Past experiences, information and belief systems: For example, yesterday I drank tea and developed a liking for its taste. I created a belief system that tea is a delicious beverage. if I were to stop consuming tea, I would have to change my existing belief system with knowledge and understanding that tea also might be harmful to my health. Sometimes we think that we are doing it for getting happiness and joy. In a relationship with a friend, I lacked happiness and real joy. Thus, I took to addiction; every time when I used to get frustrated, I turned towards my addiction.
I wanted true love, trust, and respect from a person, someone who made me feel better. When I couldn’t find a person with such qualities, I became impatient and uncomfortable.
I was comfortable at a physical level but at a mental level, I felt uncomfortable. I want to be complete from inside but, I do not receive the comfort that I so badly seek. I am not feeling well these days. My discomfort gives rise to a vacuum. Incomplete from outside, yet everyone wants to experience harmony within themselves. They search for possession, achievement, coffee, tea, movie, drink any kind of stimulus that stimulates and triggers a certain kind of feeling. Stimuli provide me a comfortable feeling from outside. It is not from within me, it is only temporarily making me get rid of my discomfort. It distracts the mind momentarily from emotional pain & unhappiness, but the pain is still deep down there.
When I consume alcohol, smoke a cigarette or watch T.V, I do not feel my pain for some time. The concentration of my mind is ruined and I get distracted. I know that I am going in the wrong direction but I want to get rid of this pain, I want to feel comfortable.
I have listed below some solutions to get rid of addiction:
- Be spiritual as spirituality finds the root of any problem. Spirituality means getting to know yourself.
- A positive affirmation to create a positive feeling.
- We could think of the negative consequences and create positive sentences.
- God is looking for your pure, peaceful and true vibration. He will not just look at your mistake. So keep awareness in your thoughts. You could achieve success overnight, but we have to take decisions firmly.
- Family counseling: Scolding and avoiding conversation is not the solution. First of all, we have to have faith. It is easier said than done, but we will continue to work hard and not give up. .When we create positive thoughts, we have to work on it, as thought creates actions, so we have to keep attention on my thought.
- Powerful motivation: – Quit today, if not decide the date- imagine it, share it with everyone, celebrate it. On the d-day, ask questions to yourself if you cannot stop. Then postpone it and when you feel that you will give up and cannot do it anymore, try harder. Meditate every day; connect with God every second by remembering him in every situation.