Every minute of every day, your body is physically reacting, literally changing, in response to the thoughts that run through your mind. 

It’s been proven over and over again that just thinking about something can cause your brain to release neurotransmitters, chemical messengers that allow it to communicate with parts of itself and your nervous system. Neurotransmitters control virtually all of your body’s functions, from hormones to digestion to feeling happy, sad, or stressed. 

Studies have shown that thoughts alone can improve vision, fitness, and strength. The placebo effect, as observed with fake operations and sham drugs, for example, works because of the power of thought. Expectancies and learned associations have been shown to change brain chemistry and circuitry which results in real physiological and cognitive outcomes, such as less fatigue, lower immune system reaction, elevated hormone levels, and reduced anxiety. 

Because we are an addiction remedy program, we focus on the study of neuroscience that teaches us about addictions and how our brains become addicted to things. Dr. Joe Dispenza, who is a neuroscientist. We use some of his teachings throughout the program. We have based this particular portion of the program on his style of teaching which is exceptionally easy to understand. While you study your addicted brains and teach how to train your brain to be the way you want it to be and not leave its functions to chance or to who you used to be. 

We have looked long and hard for the right take on addiction, it took us many years. The closest explanation came from neuroscience, which is the study of the brain and how it functions. Much study has been done on how the brain reacts to addiction and why it becomes addicted. With new age testing on the brain with factual results we understand that addiction is a behavior that we chose in order to deal with life’s experiences, caused by earlier trauma and issues. 

Addiction is not a mental illness, like the medical environment says it is, although when we are addicted it sure feels like it is. Addiction is not a conscious choice as the Judicial Systems would have the world believe. Nor is it what society says it is, which is that the addicted person is a loser and doesn’t care about anyone or anything.

The reason we have come to this conclusion is that once we get to the root of the problem and heal those root problems within, then the need to self medicate or tune out goes away. It is a learned behavior to get a minute of peace and relief from the world with devastating consequences.

Neuroscience also explains what happens inside the brain after time when we adapt to habitual harmful addictions. We teach our clients exactly what is happening in their brains and they understand why they do what they do, regardless of the consequences. 

We understand and know that at the time it feels like we are insane, because we don’t understand how we could do what we do, over and over again and hurt ourselves and the ones we love. It’s very difficult to live inside our skin after a while, but we don’t stop.

After a basic understanding taught in a manner easy to understand, you will never be the same, the truth is that you are very much in control of yourself and your life. You just have to teach your brain how to act like the person you want to be. 

Are you tired of getting your hopes up high by making the decision to change your life, then being disappointed in yourself for not doing it? At first, you’re pumped up and determined to change your ways. Everything about you is determined to change, even your brain is pumping you up and telling you “Yes, you can do this!” Then hours later finding yourself right back in your old behaviours? Wondering what happened? 

Well, that’s the brain for you. It doesn’t like to change. It is a habitual brain and likes things to stay the same, that’s why sometimes it’s so hard to learn new things. Here in this portion of the program we are going to have a look at the brain and its habitual ways of functioning. Why we become addicted, what happens with the brain while we are addicted and how to trick it into change.