25/07/2025
If you are addicted to alcohol,drugs
Sex,gambling,food,tech or anything else that is making you feel uncomfortable or makes your life miserable, then have a think about the following statement from a speaker at an AA meeting.
“ I am not responsible for the thoughts that come into my head. However I am responsible for how long they stay there, and I am responsible for how I act on them.”
Most addictions will have the person physically craving for more but equally alongside that is the mental obsession to that addiction.
Those who are involved in a 12 step programme ie AA,NA,CA and GA start to build up that mental defence to their drug of choice by listening and learning from others who have managed to stay clean and sober for a while.
They then start to have a choice on how long that thought stays in their head and do they act on it or not.
As a therapist who has studied addictions along with these 12 step groups that have a reasonable success rate I can help people who have addictions but might not feel comfortable going to these groups and would rather work on an individual basis.
If this might be you then please message me so we can have an initial chat to see if I might be able to help you.
Steve
