Individualized Positive Affirmations for Improving Self-Esteem and Overcoming Drug Addiction and Alcoholism
Positive self-esteem is very important if not crucial to our happiness and well being as a human being. Having positive self-esteem can make the difference in that which we take on in life, in that which we go about achieving and creating.
(PRWEB) August 16, 2005 -- Positive self-esteem is very important if not
crucial to our happiness and well being as a human being. Having positive
self-esteem can make the difference in that which we take on in life, in that
which we go about achieving and creating. Having positive self- esteem also
allows us to have healthy and joyous relationships with others, to experience
true intimacy. One could also assert that having positive self-esteem gives us
access to genuine spirituality. Poor self-esteem, on the other hand, creates the
space for us to experience a great deal of negativity in life including
depression, anxiety, fear, stress and loneliness. Negative or poor self-esteem
is also highly correlated with alcohol and drug dependency. Some even believe
that a negative or poor self-image is the source of such addictions requiring http://www.helpaddicts.com
[drug treatment].
While it appears that the
importance of positive self-esteem is somewhat understood, the unanswered
question has always been about how to improve or enhance a person’s self-esteem.
Some belief that a person’s self-esteem rests upon them being successful, in
accomplishing that which they take on in life, of achieving goals that they have
set for themselves. As a result much effort is put into assisting others in
effectively and efficiently planning their doing in life. Others believe that
our sense of self-esteem is determined by the type of relationships that we
have, that by surrounding ourselves with positive people who will appreciate and
acknowledge us that our esteem will be positively impacted. To this end training
is given to help a person improve his interpersonal skills, how he communicates
and relates with others. While both of these endeavors are important, it is not
the having or doing that creates positive self-esteem. Ones self-esteem is not
given or to be obtained from without, external to the
person.
One very
effective way to improve self-esteem is through the use of positive
affirmations. Positive affirmations are very powerful for transforming how a
person feels and thinks about himself, ultimately influencing how he views and
acts within the world and towards others. The fundamental reason why positive
affirmations are so effective is that their nature or structure reflects what
already exists in our mind. Our identity or who we think we are, our current
thinking patterns, are also a series of affirmations, composed fundamentally of
mere words or language. Everything we think, all of the thoughts that we have,
are merely affirmations. Positive affirmations, when used consistently, begin to
alter our prevalent internal language pattern, as negative as it may be, our
inner self talk or dialogue that exists within us. The end result of the
consistent use of positive affirmations is the transformation of an inner
negative language pattern into one that is positive in
nature
The most effective way to use positive
affirmations is with the individual’s own voice. While a person can have a
beneficial result from listening to a commercially developed product that
employs positive affirmations recorded by another, the transformative power of
this technology is enhanced or strengthened by the positive messages being
delivered in the person’s own voice. By using a person’s own voice to transform
the inner dialogue, there is less resistance to the transformational process due
to the fact that the voice itself is the same or identical. It is as though the
negative voice or language pattern that one hears repeatedly in life is altered
or transformed by the consistent exposure and listening to that same voice but
with the structure of positive enhancing affirmations. Eventually the structure
will transform from one that is negative to one that is positive in
nature.
The process of using ones own voice in
doing work with positive affirmations can be strengthened with the use of
therapeutic relaxation music. While the use of ones own voice is very powerful
for creating change in a person’s life, the use of specially designed
therapeutic relaxation music assists in creating the audio space for this
process to be very powerful. We tend to be more open or suggestible to positive
affirmations or language when we are in a state of relaxation. When combined
with binaural audio tones the relaxing affect of the therapeutic relaxation
music is greatly enhanced. When used with the combined effect of the therapeutic
relaxation music and binaural audio tones and consistently, the positive
enhancing affirmations that are delivered will have such a profound affect upon
improving and transforming a person’s internal, self-talk and eventually his
self-esteem.
The technology of utilizing positive affirmations that are
recorded in a person’s own voice and therapeutic relaxation music is currently
being employed in the treatment of those suffering from substance dependency
problems. At the Holistic Addiction Treatment Program in North Miami Beach,
Florida, clients are given access to this powerful technology. Clients have the
ability to create personal affirmations that empower them and support their
recovery and also are able to record these affirmations. The recorded positive
affirmations are then mixed with specially designed therapeutic relaxation music
to create a powerful audio product to assist the individual in his recovery.
Once created the client is trained in the most effective manner in which to
utilize their personal CD as part of their overall recovery plan. Those clients
who utilize this powerful technology tend to improve their self- esteem, stay in
recovery and improve the quality of their life in general. When a person feels
and thinks more positively about himself he tends to be more positive towards
everything that he is taking on in his life, including and most importantly his
recovery.
Harry Henshaw, Ed.D., LMHC
http://www.enhancedhealing.com
For more information on
addiction see:
http://www.drugrehabcenter.com
http://www.dual-diagnosis.net
http://www.helpaddicts.com
http://www.the-alcoholic.com
Contact:
Jerry
Goldfarb
800-559-9503
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