EFT Treats Root Cause of Alcohol Desire

By Suzanne Zacharia

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Ali (name changed for anonymity) saw me for a desire to drink alcohol. A recovering addict, Ali has made the decision to stay away from all drugs except for cigarettes. He is doing wonderfully.

On this occasion, he came to stay on track, after a serious temptation a few nights previously. The incident in question was when Ali, a new love interest, plus a friend and her boyfriend, all went out for a meal. There was alcohol and it was a big temptation to Ali. Upon asking him who made the drinking desire greater or him, it was clear that it was the stranger, the friend's boyfriend, and the attractive lady. Ali said that this was because he felt comfortable and relatively at ease with his friend. We started at an 8 out of 10 in the desire to have alcohol if Ali was to relive that evening. we tapped on the following aspects.

• “People are judging me at this table I fear they don't like me”
• “My world will collapse”
• “I judge myself by how much people like me”
• “I need people to like me”
• Uncertainty of how to proceed with the potential new girlfriend and ask her out on a date

After tapping all these aspects of the social anxiety, Ali reported that if he were to relive that evening, his  desire for an alcoholic drink would be zero. Then I asked him to lose his eyes and imagine himself he was there, imagining vividly the sights, sounds, smells, where he was sitting, etc. He did, and the desire was still zero. It was a success.

We finished by working on self-love in general terms. We increased Ali's self-love when in in a particular situation. This was in front of strangers. It improved from a 40 percent to a 45 percent. This is a work in progress, and Ali is doing marvelously. Thank you so much, Ali, for allowing me to publish your story.

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Author's Bio:

© Suzanne Zacharia 2013. My name is Suzanne Zacharia and I am committed to spreading the word about health options. I believe that the more and better options one has, the more choice there is. A virus caught along with 5 other students at university at the end of 1986, plus medical negligence, meant that I got smokers lung at a relatively young age. In desperation for help with my symptoms and quality of life, I turned to complementary therapy, and I have outlived one doctor's prognosis by many years now. I am now a complementary therapist, author and trainer specializing in energy healing. Want to use this article? You can, as long as you credit me with it and invite your readers to get my FREE e-book "EFT How-To For You" at http://www.EFT-Scripts.com

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