Addictions General Discussion

Re: Addiction to sugar and toxins

Harry Chambers — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 11:28:32 GMT

Hi Israel,

If you think that sugar is truly the problem, you may want to try an energy detox method mixed with EFT. I would give you directions up to a certain point ok? You need to get a compass and what it is for is that you may get best results if you had your back to the east, you be facing the west, there a reason behind this but I will not get into it here ok.

What you would need to do is get a very flimsy wooden dowel that is like 1/8 by 3 feet or have pendulum, either could be use a monitoring tool to show that energy is being drawn off your body into the withness, this case the withness will be some sugar and with some of the artificial stuff too. So like I said, the wooden dowel would be used to pull and monitor the energy of the sugar as it is drawn from your body into the sugar. It best do the tapping with your left hand and the dowel would be held in the right hand. Left hand receptor and right hand do the out putting of drain of energy.

So this is what you do use a compass so you be facing, face to the west and back to the east. You rub both hands together till they are warm, then do the psychological reversal on yourself , and then you set to go to do a EFT session yourself. So you do your tapping and say what you feel you need to say, after you tap on the corner of your left eye, then point your wooden dowel to the withness, that is a source of sugar with some of it artificial, and if the dowel show a lot of movement, this indicate that some of the energy of the sugar is drawn off that meridian point into the sugar. So you tap, hold the rod to the sugar and when dowel stop, keep going and going, and the object is do a full tapping session and keep doing those tapping points till when you hold the dowel over the sugar, it will not move. No movement over any of the tapping points, both eyes meridain ok?

So if you try this and it works for you, you would need to make a different kind of withness for toxins, and this is a easy to do thing ok?

With the energy of the sugar drawn off your body, you may find that you no longer crave it. But too there are equally other reasons that can lead an addition to sugar. I will not go into some of therm now ok? But it it is sugar, this method may help you ok?

If this method works for you, please let me know.

Take Care,

Harry

Re: Addiction to sugar and toxins

Rachel G. — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 08:17:41 GMT

yes thank you for suggesting this book, and thank you iris and kira and everyone else for this thread. i've been reading now about sugar and about going brown and green, and on Noreen Barron's suggestion about the Rosedale diet and i'm beginnign to see (sorry it took me so long) a connection between mood and what we eat, especially the simple carbs.

I think what's so hard is

a) a lot of denial and fear of discussing our current habits

b) no workable plan to make good meals that our family members will agree to eat

c) no confidence to do what our family members don't appreciate - linked to

d) not good dialoguing between these family members.

e) fear of life without sugar. Yes this is real. But it's not the only thing, as above.

f) how to handle the stresses in life without sugar - a plan and confidence

g). What to do when you messed up and ate sugar

h) unlinking joy and hunger from sugar. I mean, I still salivate at the thought of sugary cake.

i) allowing a gradual process for switchover, adding positives before letting go of negatives.

j) eating the right amount - but not too much - protein, and especially fish, which leads to

k) learning to like and enjoy fish, legumes and vegetables. and

l) learning how to manage to eat food that you don't quite love. It's OK!

Re: Addiction to sugar and toxins

Suzanne — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 20:40:21 GMT

Hi Alanna,

Thank you. I think this is just what I need in conjunction with EFT for my clients.

Re: Addiction to sugar and toxins

Alanna — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 16:05:36 GMT

I myself also have struggled with a sugar addiction (which I think is also at the core of my alcohol issue as well) so I can get an idea of what you are experiencing with this particular issue.

EFT has helped me with many different areas, and plan to use this tool to also help me through this challenge. What I think also might be helpful is a book I found specifically addressing sugar addiction. The book explained sugar addiction quite thoroughly and helped me understand WHY I was addicted and how to move past the addiction. The name of the book is Potatoes Not Prozac by Kathleen DesMaisons (the follow-up books is called The Sugar Addict's Total Recover Program).

Re: Addiction to sugar and toxins

Suzanne — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:09:30 GMT

irisa73:
Hi Kira,

I haven't tried what you suggested, I only tapped for the craving and the need for freshness, sweetness being the taste of life, the difficulty giving that up and related things. I must say the craving for sweet drinks is much less by now. It's worthwhile to try what you offered, though, because it may bring up interesting things. I'll try it.

Thanks,

Iris

Hi Iris,

All I can say is:

Try Kira's suggestion
Every now and then in the tapping, stop and take a little sip
Keep tapping like this and tell us what you notice!

I won't spoil it for you by saying any more :-)

Re: Addiction to sugar and toxins

irisa73 — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:40:41 GMT

Hi Kira,

I haven't tried what you suggested, I only tapped for the craving and the need for freshness, sweetness being the taste of life, the difficulty giving that up and related things. I must say the craving for sweet drinks is much less by now. It's worthwhile to try what you offered, though, because it may bring up interesting things. I'll try it.

Thanks,

Iris

Re: Addiction to sugar and toxins

kira — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 05:27:10 GMT

Hi Rachel, I don´t avoid sugar at any cost. Small amounts of it in a food don´t give me problems. It´s just the really sweet stuff, that I don´t deal with well. And with white flour, it´s also a matter of mass as well as "concentration" - when it´s "diluted" with different food items it is much better. Pure white-flour-stuff doesn´t get me to the point of being satieted and satisfied, so it´s not so much of a pleasant experience. Having had enough orthorexic tendecies in my life, I don´t aim at eating "healthily" (according to what is generally seen as "healthy"). I aim at listening to my body - this works the better the clearer my energetic and emotional state is. So that´s where Eft comes in big time. ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Hi Irisa, Did you ever try sitting with your craving in front of a bottle of sweet drink and tap on everything that comes up? - your craving, the resistance to letting the drinks go, the fears of being without this sweetness, the feeling of having nothing left then, the need for it, the physical signs you may feel - whatever is there. Really dare feeling the overwhelming intensity of this craving, sitting in front of this drink!

Re: Addiction to sugar and toxins

Rachel G. — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 10:18:35 GMT

hi kira,

thanks for replying. I agree with most of what you write.

however, lots of people, in their quest to be rid of sugar cravings, or sugar from their lives, have to make their lives very complicated, eg no store bought cookies, no mixes, so much extra cooking, thinking, buying, expenditures, etc. To the extent that that's not too healthy either. Since the current reality is that it's much cheaper and easier to buy foods that have at least some sugar or some white flour in them, my goal is to aim for living with a healthy lifestyle generally that can live with a certain amount of usage of white flour and white sugar.

and yes, next time i feel a sugar craving, I will try tapping with it, about it, because of it, thinking into it, etc. I am sure that the results can be more rewarding than the sugar I was seeking.

Re: Addiction to sugar and toxins

irisa73 — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 18:55:12 GMT

Hi All,

First I want to thank eveyrone for their contribution to this discussion. For me it is very insightful, helpful and important.

I think it is getting easier to live without sweets, but I still can't say it's easy. As I said before, I don't want to give up the taste of sweetness, and it doesn't matter what form the sweetness takes. I can long for a diet coke - I know it's bad for me and was never given it as something good, but it's cold and sweet... I stopped drinking it, but I still feel the craving. Interesting that my craving now is more for sweet drinks than for sweet foods - I used to consume lots of sweet foods and almost didn't drink any sweet beverages. I do eat carbs and the only sugars I allow myself to taste directly (not via the body's metabolism) are fruit and 100% fruit juices, but I try not to overdo it. (Rachel, yes, I'm breastfeeding my 3 months old daughter).

I've been trying to think what sweetness I can fill my life with and it's not an easy question. The issue of sweetness is also linked (for me, anyway) with the issue of financial abundance and I'm working on that too, but things in that area also have yet to improve.

Some people can keep a diet forever. They can avoid certain things and just live with that. I can't do that. For me, it's like living in jail and that's something I can't and don't want to do. That is also another aspect maybe of the difficulty to give up sweets.

I have to admit the compexity of these issues and the amount of things needing to be worked on sometimes despairs me....

Re: Addiction to sugar and toxins

kira — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:26:42 GMT

Hi Rachel, I don´t agree with your conclusions. Sugar is NOT a necessity in high stress situations, it´s rather counterproductive. The more the cravings and the emotions driving the addiction were gone, the more the natural inner resistance to substances that aren´t good for the body returned. (And sugar is such a substance for me.) Then life without sugar is not something I have to "whiteknuckle", but a natural thing to do. That´s my experience. Looking back I can see now that sugar is a mood-altering substance to me. Whenever I get a real craving for sweets now (on an average once in 1-2 months), I know there is something to be looked at internally. When this is done, with some EFT or whatever is necessary, the craving is gone, too. Overeaters Anonymous was also helpful for me.

Re: Addiction to sugar and toxins

Rachel G. — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:23:17 GMT

iris,

it's an interesting thing, a sugar craving, because a certain amount of sugar, whether this is natural fruit sugar, or carbs, or pure white sugar, or broken down protein - we do need to eat. Even more so when nursing does a mother's body need sugar (did you say you were nursing) or in high stress environments, such as at an airport control centre, or in a family :-). It's just a necessity. So, IMO, aiming for a lifestyle in which sugar, or processed sugar, is non-existant, is unlikely to be long lasting. Hands up who agrees?!

Re: Addiction to sugar and toxins

successfuleft — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:39:21 GMT

Iris, Jack, Suzanne and all,

It's great to see how this community has come together to share ideas. Iris, I'm glad you're seeing results and starting to feel better.

In my experience, sugar cravings are often linked to a desire for a sweet and juicy life. Iris, what if you tapped on opening to new possibilities for sweetness in life. Possible set up phrases are:

Even though I was turning to sugar to experience sweetness in my life, I love and accpet myself anyway.

Even though I'd like to find some new ways to experience to experience sweetness in my life and I'm not sure what that looks like, I'm open to the possibility that I could find new ways to find more sweetness in my life.

Even though I'm still feeling like something is missing and I'm not sure what to do because I don't totally want to give up this taste of sweetness, I give myself permission to find new ways of tasting sweetness in my life.

My experience is that cravings and addictions are often an invitation into a deeper relationship with life. In your case Iris, I would invite you to explore how you might be in touch with the sweetness in life. My hunch is that as you develop this, the "something is missing" feeling will fade and you'll feel a new vitality and freshness.

With much love,

Paul

Re: Addiction to sugar and toxins

Suzanne — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 07:32:23 GMT

irisa73:
EFT helps with the cravings, but I still feel something is missing (plus I admit I don't do it all the time, it's like I don't want to give it up...). How can I give up vitality and freshness?

Hi Iris,

When I was a child and got ill, there was a certain brand of fizzy drink I was given. I was told it was for something like your "vitality and freshness". For years into my adulthood, and when my own children became ill, I would give them this fizzy drink. Then one day, I was reading a magazine and it said that the government was trying to help people to drink less sugary drinks, and the magazine published the sugar content and resulting calorie load of popular sugary drinks. This supposedly health-giving drink my family gave me so lovingly was potentially deadly! What a discovery! With the help of EFT, I worked on how when I got ill, the drink meant my family's love and care. I have not touched it since.

Re: Addiction to sugar and toxins

irisa73 — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:45:14 GMT

I've had an important discovery during these 2 weeks without sugar. I've discovered that for me, sweetness is like "the taste of life". It not only comforts me, but also refreshes me and fills me with vitality. I fantasize about it and when I imagine drinking something cold and sweet (it's real hot here), what comes to mind is a sense of relief, accompanied with a big sigh. I probably sound like a drug addict....

EFT helps with the cravings, but I still feel something is missing (plus I admit I don't do it all the time, it's like I don't want to give it up...). How can I give up vitality and freshness?! Also, am I supposed to avoid sugar for the rest of my life? It's hard to think about, but if I don't, I might relapse. I know, because I've done it before (without EFT, haven't heard about it then) and after awhile I was addicted again, without noticing this is what happened.

Any ideas?

Iris

Re: Addiction to sugar and toxins

WVgal — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 07:38:32 GMT

Yes, in my opinion you are right about the artificial sweeteners. Nearly all of them are quite poisonous. The only exception to that is stevia, which is a plant extract. Diet sodas are very nasty. I think you will find that after a while of being off sweets altogether your tastes will change and you will find many of your current favorites are not so tasty anymore.