PATHWAY TO JOY AND HEALING

Addiction manifests in many ways. It can be through use of alcohol, drugs, sex, love, work, food, etc.  What is common for all addiction is that it is intended to mask pain we experience.  Addiction can be used to block past or present emotional pain.  What I have observed is that this pain can be triggered through failure, rejection, disappointment, or failure to meet our expectations.

In every addict, there exists unresolved past emotional pain.  The more we try to repress the pain, the more the pain will be triggered.  Our past emotional pain can be triggered by present life experiences.  The addiction is just a way of repressing this pain.  The key to overcoming addiction is not only to give up the addiction, but to resolve the underlying emotional pain.  This is the more difficult part of overcoming addiction as we must face our emotional past.

For instance, I was abused by my father.  Therefore, I felt unsafe, emotionally rejected, abused, and taken advantaged of by my father.  As an adult, fear of rejection and feeling unsafe ruled my life, and my addiction covered them up. I began emotional release practice nearly three years ago to heal my fears of feeling unsafe and rejection.  I no longer resort to my addiction as I longer feel these fears.  To try my “Emotional Release Practice,” please see this tab on my Homepage Blogsite. Healing love, Brooke (Copyright 2014 Kundalini Spirit with All Rights Reserved)