Addiction and the Power of Temptation

Part of what keeps many people from kicking an addiction is the power of temptation — that desire to have or do something that they know they should avoid. The pull of the ‘forbidden fruit’ is just too strong.

Why do people ‘give in’ to temptation even when they know they will be unhappy with the consequences?

It’s because temptation works by shutting down time. When something you want is right there in front of you, your attention focuses on the object of desire. Little by little, everything else gets shut out until nothing else exists except the present moment. You forget any past failures. You lose sight of all regrets. Any fear of future consequences vanishes. There is only now … and the pure satisfaction you believe you will experience as you surrender to the impulse.

You see, when there is nothing else in your mind’s eye, it makes perfect sense to succumb to the immediate allure of the desire. It’s only afterwards, when time returns, that you wake up to what has happened. It’s not a pleasant awakening.

The good news is that temptation can be overcome. There is a way to stop sabotaging yourself in your efforts to overcome your addiction.

It’s accomplished through hypnosis. By allowing the power of suggestion to work on your subconscious mind, you learn to counteract the pull of temptation.

To learn more about how hypnosis can help you beat your addition, click here and you will be taken to a page where you can download Resist Temptation, an audio hypnosis session.

If you’ve been trying and failing in your efforts to overcome your addiction (whatever it may be), this may finally be the turning point towards recovery.

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