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Tip 82 The Addict and Decision Making

Often, we make decisions to act based on our internal cues - I am hungry so I will eat, I need to calm down so I will smoke, I am tired so I will sleep - but if we see that internal cues are only clues rather than truths, we can start to make more conscious decisions and examine our motives more clearly. This is can bring the addict back to the basic survival skills of life without focusing on their addiction.
Maybe we want to eat because we really are hungry; maybe we are nervous. Maybe we really are tired; maybe we want to sleep to avoid working late on a project we dont like. By refusing to accept inner cues as truths, we can see them as clues to our state or hints of what may be going on with ourselves. This can help us make better choices and decisions.

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Addictions, and recovery from them, require that you actively seek help from a source other than yourself. Researchers believe that internal cues are our bodys defense mechanism, which in ancient times allowed our race to survive by pushing us into specific actions. Strengthening your own emotional bank balance means taking care of yourself. There is a detox program for nearly type of substance abuse and toxic substance that you can think of. If you never take the time to stop and do something that you enjoy youre going to lose sight of the things that are important in both your personal and your professional life.


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Addicts need to be aware of how the following things will affect their drug treatment: their environment, current and previous relationships, social situations, and their own personal memories. This means that the recovery process is three fold and will take time to work through. In this perception of internal cues, we cant blame some random event (a teacher being unkind to us in third grade) for our current state and our current actions. After the narcotics have been flushed from the body the person is give one of two types of drugs to help accelerate the process of the withdrawal period. Strengthening your own emotional bank balance means taking care of yourself.