Conditions of Addiction
On the 5th day of eliminating sugar and wheat from my diet and adopting the Medical Mediums celery juice drink first thing in the morning, I "forgot" to make my coffee. In the time leading up to this cleanse, coffee had been so ingrained into my morning routine that I no longer actively thought about making a cup. Much like opening the blinds or turning on the lights, I instinctively made coffee. Upon realizing my oversight this morning, I immediately had to make myself a cup. I went into autopilot, muscle memory kicked in, and I brewed coffee without consciously thinking about it. An addiction is something that takes away your ability to choose.
Addiction is like a thunderstorm. Thunderstorms are caused by an imbalance of hot and cold air pressure. Once those conditions stabilize, the storm dissipates. Similarly, addiction is a temporary state and can be ended by stabilizing the conditions, or our energy, within. Unlike storms, our addiction does not have to be recurring. We have the power to choose what influences our energetic frequencies. To truly break an addiction, we must change the conditions that perpetuate the cycle. Otherwise, we will have to brace for the storm year after year as we continue to return to the addiction again and again.
When we remove a habit from our lives, the empty space that habit once occupied turns into a vacuum sucking up anything and everything to fill itself - which is why people will often drop one destructive habit just to pick up another. In many cases, they return to the same habit. If you don't have the energetic tools to maintain a state of equilibrium, it is easy to fall back into a pattern of self-destruction. When we enter a calm and balanced state it can start to feel like something is missing. We subconsciously begin to search for that missing piece, not realizing what we lost was the habit of self-deprecation, of self-doubt, sugar, or coffee. Resigning our sovereignty, we either pick up the same addiction or replace it.
My husband Joe is a great example. My husband was an alcoholic and this year would have marked 18 sober with the help of Alcoholics Anonymous. While I make this statement with pride, many would argue AAs emphasis on identifying yourself as an "alcoholic" is counterproductive and keeps you in an alcoholic state. For Joe, the statement “I’m an alcoholic” was a daily reminder of his addiction and the control it had over him. Admitting that he was powerless over his addiction was his first step in being able to surrender to a higher power, and filling the empty space left by alcohol with a higher power allowed him to maintain 18 years of sobriety.
This story shows that yes, it's totally possible to put down an addiction, but we must surrender to the knowledge that we are no longer in control and create space in our lives for new habits. The frequency of surrender, of acceptance, and relinquishing of control gifts us with the energy that will allow us to put down the addiction for good.
A sufficiently high energetic frequency provides us the space to fill that addiction. We fill the space with yoga, golf, or like my husband, with faith in a higher power, so that we don’t have to fear succumbing to the same habits every time we face our addiction. By filling that space, we lose that desire. We just drop it. We “forget” to make the coffee in the morning. This energy is the difference between truly putting down addiction and white knuckling through abstention as a mechanism of control.
So, for me, when I woke up this morning, had my celery juice, and suddenly realized I forgot to make my coffee, in that split second, I had a choice. True, I ended up making and enjoying my iced americano as I always do. But hey, gotta keep life interesting, right?
*This post is for entertainment only and is not health advice. if you believe you suffer from addiction or mental illness please seek help from a licensed health professional