About 24% of people use nicotine to control mood, and stopping smoking increases stress levels. Many people quit smoking by using a nicotine patch and support groups. In EBT, smoking is seen as a symptom of wiring that triggers stress. Stress results in the brain laying down wires that associate smoking with survival, which makes quitting smoking far more difficult. The EBT approach is to learn the tools to process stress and emotions effectively, rewire the circuits that create strong drives for cigarettes and gradually move up the brain’s emotional set point.
Learn the 5 Tools of EBT, and experience how much power you have to control your own emotional brain. Continue with EBT to improve the brain’s emotional set point, and see lasting and profound changes in every aspect of your life
About 30% of Americans report having drinking problems at sometime in their lives, including 42% of men and 19% of women. Problem drinking is primarily a symptom of wiring that triggers stress. In response to stressful experiences, wires are encoded that promote highs and lows in dopamine and ramp up the desire for alcohol. The EBT approach is to learn the tools to process stress in a highly effective way, and improve the brain’s emotional set point.
A working definition of addiction is the Three C’s: Cravings – urges, preoccupation; thinking, planning, using, recovering; Control – loss of control, efforts to modify use, use more than expected; Consequences – continued use in spite of known negative effects.
Two of the most common addictions are alcohol and cigarettes, but given the Three C’s definition, one can develop an Internet addiction, as well. Please see Misa’s explanation of food addiction on her web page Food, Weight & Eating Disorders.
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