Addiction, Am I Under It’s Spell?
Question by Tlyler: Addiction, am I under it’s spell?
I honestly think that I am. The last 6 years or more years I have played video games nonstop. To the point where people don’t call me because they know I wont go out with them. Back in highschool I bought my first modem and played an online space game so much my parents hid the modem in a locked room. Which I promptly broke into that same night so I could play, and many other nights before they finally found out. We had long debates about getting rid of the internet so I couldn’t even use it, which I somehow won over time.
Just after highschool I met a friend at work who introduced me to Marijuana. It was a blast at first, and I kinda stopped playing games while under it’s influence because it was so damn hard to do anything at all! But overtime I got used to it and i’ve been a habitual user ever since. Only in the last year have I really wanted to quit and i’m making some strides in the right direction. I “quit” for two months, and just recently bought a quarter ounce and smoked it all in a week. Mostly to myself, by myself.
There are times when i’ve quit either playing or smoking and get stronge urges out of the blue to do either activity. Most often I cave in and reuse/replay. I know this is some kind of self-destructive behaviour but it doesn’t seem to matter sometimes. I let go of my reason and do it all over again. I’m considering getting rid of all my smoking tools so I have no way to smoke. Getting rid of all my games so I have nothing to play. And really try to focus on bettering myself FOR myself because being the lonely stoner type gamer isn’t appealing anymore.
Is this the best course of action? Should I seek some kind of professional aid to talk me through this, or do people get past this on their own?
If you could share your experiances with this I would be so grateful..thank you
Best answer:
Answer by Naguru
It has to be like that only I think. It is natural. There is no magic or miracle involved.
Answer by phillip b
study the lives of addicts ==the families they destroy the havoc they creare et cetc etc
This is the healing tool that will help your entire life in all of its facets . The value of giving Putting something or some service into society is one of the most transforming tools with which we all benefit . The value of it is much higher than we can possibly know and it should be included as part of everyone’s health program. The giver may ask how will helping others help my health and me! That is a very good question, which is very worthy of a serious amount of thought. This touches on the concept which is called karma .
For if one truly wants to live with the great allies of Health, wealth, happiness, Love and all those effects which one values one should really understand this concept. It is the only thing, which explains the apparent randomness of the effects, which come upon people.
Effects are all aspects of health, Wealth, Richness, [note these two are separate] Happiness etc.What is karma? Put simply it is the law of cause and effect. Or put as another way as you sow so shall you reap, or what goes around comes around. What do we mean by sowing? Simply every action or deed you do causes an effect and every thought causes an effect.
So if you have sown good deeds as in helping others, being of service, giving love and Kindness for lengthy periods of time you can expect to reap those seeds. Alternatively if we have sown other deeds and thoughts of a hurtful nature we can expect problems of one nature or another to beset us. Edgar Cayce frequently mentioned in treating disease that we were working against karma and frequently told people that they would get well faster by helping others.
Ah you may say why is it that babies are sometimes born with so many impediments; they have not sown wrongful acts.Yes they have not in this lifetime but what about their previous lives as in reincarnation. You may not wish to go into this subject at this time but there are millions of references to it, some in the bible and a lot of eastern religions, some people can actually remember their past lives.
There is now even past life regression therapy used in hypnosis to treat phobias, which are not connected with this lifetime.
now listen to this next concept really carefully
If we are unwell and by implication therefore suffering from past seeds sown it follows therefore one of the fastest ways to get well is to incorporate into your treatment plan service or giving to somebody as often as you can .
Ask for opportunities to be of service .I have proved this concept on a daily basis and feel that this concept is so important in all types of healing and to achieve other effects like having friends ,enriching experiences, money and other effect which we all need.
Just a few examples of how we can be of service –giving Sharing our being, our wealth, sending our thoughts, giving to charity, sharing a joke, uplifting someone, giving listening time, giving healing, giving labour, giving love, giving entertainment, giving food, giving information and a million more ways.
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All is seen ,all is heard, all is felt.
The wise among you will take the attitude of discovering the areas of service you have to make amends on before effects of ill health reach you whether it be cancer, Parkinson’s blindness or what have you.
So I strongly advise that you engage in some kind of voluntary work and I believe that virtually everyone should be engaged in some kind of healing practice for others preferably on a daily basis.
how to discover this? Well I suggest you pray to be shown or ask the universe to reveal it to you. reveal the areas which are most suited to service Just going along in your life and living for self and not bothering until problems come can be very painful.
It is almost like asking for trouble to come
Get some spiritual healing /reiki in place asap
And remember this
Voluntary work for you is a very good idea especially when u consider this principle
,.all our healing and happiness – yours and mine is linked right alongside our efforts and contribution to others.in direct proportion to the help we give others
ie your healing comes with helping others =so if people are doing very little in helping others —they suffer more and longer…and if they are doing a lot they get well faster…
.so now you know what to do ,,and like a lot of us are already doing being of service.
Do not even dream of healing to come to you if you are doing wrongful acts , wrongful words , wrongful thoughts. All you are doing is making more of a burden for yourself
1 hour a day will make a difference to you and to others
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