Do you use alcohol to help you feel better? Does the world look better when you’ve had a few drinks? Do you find yourself unable to communicate when sober?
If alcohol has started to become your “friend”, it may be time for you to examine how you work with your emotions. For many alcoholics, emotions are a scary thing, and you may be the sort of person who has not learned to deal with them (or perhaps, as a child, been taught to suppress them).
For many people with drinking problems, dealing with their emotions is a far greater fear and challenge than dealing with the alcohol addiction.
If you want to learn how to stop drinking alcohol, you will need to learn to deal with your own emotions. People tend to learn that emotions are not under their control, and that belief becomes true – not because it must be so, but because it’s believed.
Amazingly, with a little training and some persistent practice, it is possible to learn to take hold of your own emotions and state of mind. Some people who have practiced for long enough now “design” their states of mind, which means that they can be comfortable and happy in...