- Addictions
- Smoking
- Persistent EFT to help a client quit smoking at her own pace
- EFT works nicely for a skeptical smoker
- A procedure for smoking and other addictions--80% success rate
- EFT ends a strong addiction to smoking cigarettes
- Dialogues with Smokers--Parts I & II
- Rapid relief for a smoking addiction
- How cigarette cravings led to major emotional release with EFT
- I quit smoking with EFT by using rebellion as a cause
- New Smoking Cessation Program Resolves the Real Reason that People Smoke
- EFT for a very clever smoker - two months with no need for a cigarette
- Smoking urge subsides after EFT collapses a betrayal issue
- Smoking addiction subsides after finding unusual habit
- An ultra easy smoking cessation case
- Heavy smoker quits after resolving core issue
- Client stops smoking after addressing "manly" issue
- EFT for a food craving also eliminated a cigarette craving
- Smoking addiction
- Self-Applied Acupressure Technique May Prevent Tobacco from Killing One Billion People
- Surrogate EFT eliminates smoking addiction
- EFT and Inner Theater for Parts Work for quitting smoking
- Smoking, OCD & phobias
- A case where cigarette cravings turned out to be a form of self-punishment
- EFT rapidly curbs cigarette cravings
- A "One Session Wonder" for quitting smoking
- Alcohol
- EFT's "Tell the Story Technique" releases alcohol-related anger feelings
- Alcoholic eliminates desire for alcohol by addressing "state" ness
- Budweiser beer - evidence that emotions cause addictions
- Detox relief from pain killers, migraine headaches and alcohol
- Using EFT for a headache provides aid to alcohol recovery
- A report from a "hopeless" binge drinking client
- Using EFT for unresolved grief aids an alcohol problem as a side benefit
- Food
- Hitting a chocolate craving head on
- Finding out what really caused a food craving
- Emphatic tapping for a sugar addiction
- EFT helps morbidly obese woman to stop feeling hungry
- Using EFT for a caffeine addiction
- Over 30 pounds and counting....
- EFT for ice cream cravings
- Successful EFT reframing of a Coke & Pepsi addiction
- Is it safe to drop those pounds?
- EFT for a chocolate addiction brings about physical symptoms -- all gone in 10 minutes
- The core issue behind a cookie craving
- EFT eliminates 40 year addiction to coffee - 9 month follow-up
- Chocolate cravings have their root in childhood poverty
- Finding the core issue behind a sweets addiction
- What was REALLY behind those cravings?
- How Mary's self sabotage kept her from slimming down
- Overcoming a Food Craving
- Simple EFT procedure for excess food and drink consumption
- Melissa gets to the root of her sugar addiction - Followup included
- An ice cream addiction fades after quality detective work by Carol Solomon
- A success formula for self-sabotage eliminates binge eating
- Jane no longer wants those potato chips
- Sugar cravings subside with persistent and consistent EFT
- Drugs
- Sex
- General
- EFT and nail biting. A one minute wonder
- Chewing tobacco addiction aided by surrogate tapping
- All traces of
- 23 Year Hair Pulling Compulsive Disorder Ends at an EFT Workshop
- Successful 21 month follow up on a 20 year chewing tobacco addiction.
- EFT ends secret addiction to inhalants and clears the core issue
- Success with Addictions using EFT
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder regarding AIDS
- EFT for hoarding (OCD)
- Recovering Addicts Lose Nicotine Cravings in Record Time
- After tapping, Carol
- Touching trichotillomania tale
- 60 year soap opera 'addiction' vanishes as a side benefit of EFT
- EFT in 12 Step programs - a perfect place to address specific events
- Brief uses of EFT collapses hair pulling problem (trichotillomania)
- EFT for a gambling addiction
- EFT succeeds with hand washing compulsion in minutes
- Chewing tobacco habit--A humorous look at an extreme Apex problem
- A self administered approach to addictions
- An Example of Using Reframes with Addictive Behavior
- Smoking
EFT provides progress for a "naughty addiction"
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Hi Everyone,
Michael White provides relief for what his client calls "the worst addiction in the world!"
Hugs, Gary
By Michael White
Gary,
"John" came to see me and wanted some help with what he called, "The worst addiction in the world!" He had a wife, kids and a great job and was very successful except for this very shameful habit. When I asked what he was addicted to, he choked out the word, "pornography"
He went to "peep shows" and had a collection of magazines and dvds and had an elaborate system of hiding his internet activities. He was worried because his tastes were getting more violent and "hardcore" and was terrified of being discovered. He spent most of his time at work thinking about ways he could "sneak it" and it was affecting his performance. He was also moody and distracted at home.
I didn't need to do a 0-10 intensity rating because his intensity was apparent. I started tapping with him.
"Even though I am terrified to admit that I have this problem I completely accept and love myself!"
"Even though it's impossible to accept what I have done..."
"I can't face my wife!"
"I can't face my children!"
"I'm a sicko! Even though I'm a pervert, I completely and deeply accept myself!"
"Even though I have done this for so long, it feels impossible to change..."
"Even though I don't want to quit!"
Aha! This was a big one. When we stopped to rest, I asked if he actually wanted to quit and he said, "Actually no. It's the only time I feel calm and relaxed!"
So we tapped again.
"Even though this is the only time I feel calm and relaxed."
"Even though I feel powerful when I look at pornograpy!"
"I can find other ways to feel alive!"
"I have anxiety and I accept it!"
"I accept that I am tranquilizing myself!"
We talked about how the porn was way to tranquilizing underlying anxieties. His eyes lit up and said, "I feel very powerful and in control when I look at porn. I didn't realize that I don't feel that power in other areas of my life!"
We tapped on this some more and I gave him tapping homework. He was to list out his earliest experiences with pornography, sex and dating. I also suggested that he allow his unconscious to have at least 3 choices in this situation. He can allow his unconscious to completely want to look at porn, he can want to look at porn a little bit, or he can want to do something else. This made a lot of sense to him and he said, "I get it! I have a choice now!"
I asked him to report back to me any changes. He called a week later and said, "I still feel the urges, but they are lessening and I did look a couple of times. But when I did, I tapped and got bored quickly and left those websites. Now I'm working on getting rid of all of my hidden porn! This is really working and my wife notices my better mood!"
This addiction, like many others, have a lot of shame, judgment, and secrecy involved. EFT is a great way to give people back their lives quickly!
Michael White
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