Topic: ADDICTION

Topic: ADDICTION


Addiction has been a ruling inseparable distinctive pattern of life that has widespread throughout the universe.
From my recent research it had been evidenced that 95% of both children, youths and even adults are strictly addicted to one thing or the other.

Although addiction can be positive but the negative part of addiction is fast spreading and even the saved and unsaved are victims of this catalyst.

What is addiction?
1.A habit or practice that damages, jeopardizes or shortens one's life but when ceased causes trauma.
2. A pathological relationship to mood altering experience that has life damaging consequences.

Addiction can be practical and rhetorical. It is practical in the sense that u re involved in practicing an 'act' repeatedly and consistently.
It is rhetorical in the sense u re full of unreasonable words and meaningless speeches.

The mind is probably the most electrifying organ in the body. Every addiction of life is a registered candidate of the mind and that's why Paul the APostle boldly and openly said in the book of Roms: 12 :2 "DO not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of ur mind.
Paul understood that the most dominating force in the body is the mind and he warmed us to continue to renew our minds.

What does it means to renew one's mind?
To enhance your concentration and powers of focus, engage urself wit something reasonable always. This is a particularly strong technique.You will feel very alert, refreshed, internally quiet and centered after this exercise. So many people allow their minds to be filled with mental chatter. All peak performers appreciate the power of a quiet, clear mind which will concentrate steadily on all important tasks. 

Learn to meditate effectively. The mind is naturally a very noisy machine which wants to move from one subject to another like an unchained monkey. One must learn to restrain and discipline it if one is to achieve anything of substance and to be peaceful. Meditation for twenty minutes in the morning and twenty minutes in the evening will certainly provide you with exceptional results if regularly practiced for six months. Learned sages of the East have been advancing the many benefits of meditation for over 5000 years. 

Enhance your will-power; it is likely one of the best training programs you can invest in. Here are some ideas to strengthen your will and become a stronger person: 

1. Do not let your mind float like a piece of paper in the wind. Work hard to keep it focused at all times. When doing a task, think of nothing else. When walking to work, count the steps that it takes to get all the way to the office. This is not easy but your mind will soon understand that you hold its reins and not vice versa. Your mind must eventually become as still as a candle flame in a corner where there is no draft.

2. Your will is like a muscle. You must first exercise it and then push before it gets stronger. This necessarily involves short term pain but be assured that the improvements will come and will touch your character in a most positive way. When you are hungry, wait another hour before your meal. When you are labouring over a difficult task and your mind is prompting you to pick up the latest magazine for a break or to get up and go talk to a friend, curb the impulse. Soon you will be able to sit for hours in a precisely concentrated state. Sir Issac Newton, one of the greatest classical physicists the world has produced, once said: "if I have done the public any service, it is due to patient thought." Newton had a remarkable ability to sit quietly and think without interruption for very long periods of time. If he can develop this so can you. 

3. You can also build your will-power by restraint in your conduct with others. Speak less (use the 60/40 Rule = listen 60% of the time and speak a mere 40%, if that). This will not only make you more popular but you will learn much wisdom as everyone we meet, every day has something to teach us. Also restrain the urge to gossip or to condemn someone who you feel has made a mistake. Stop complaining and develop a cheerful, vital and strong personality. You will greatly influence others. 

4. When a negative thought comes to your mind, immediately replace it with one that is positive. Positive always dominates over the negative and your mind has to be conditioned to think only the best thoughts. Negative thinking is a conditioned process whereby the negative patterns are established over and over. Rid yourself of any limitations and become a powerful positive thinker.

The tendency of being addicted to anything lies on our inability to engage our minds in something practical and serious.

Many lives have been ruined by either, masturbation, alcohol, pornography, smoking,drugs, clubbing, social media, clothing, jewelry, executive outing, etc.

The high-level of indiscipline in the lives of youths is very alarming. Many youths have customized their addiction as their weaknesses while others claim it to be the social part of being young #tag "the real life".

The most electrifying system of addiction now currently in Nigeria is the different kinds of smoking system and materials and what hurts most is that even the good ones from good homes have become a victim of this because of the influence of society and friendship.

EFFECTS OF ADDICTION.
1. IT kills easily.
2.it destroys destiny.
3. It brings regrets at last.
4. It promotes immorality.
5. It provides possible means to suicide.
6. It prompts negative thought
7.it circulates corruptive perspective of life.
8. It gives no room of self-control.
9. It tags one useless as a pet name.
10. It projects unsatisfactory pattern of life.
11. It brings dethronement.
12. It brings spiritual dryness.
13. It is a bundle of terrible consequence.
14. It regulates spiritual separation and torments.
15. It gives pleasure and denies u peace and joy.

POSSIBLE REMEDY TO ADDICTION
1. Renew ur mind effectively from negative thought to positive thought.
2. Stop being idle always engage urself Wit something.
3. Pray
4. Seek for counseling
5. Open up to someone whom u know is more spiritual and educative than u.
6. Flee from negative friends especially those u use to commit that addiction with.
7. Engage urself Wit positive motivational aspirants .
8. Learn to be interactive with people but in the cost of it listen to learn and inspire to be great.
9. Study the Bible consistently and meditate regularly.
10. Stop being lazy and be adamant
11. Be determined to flee from that pathetic addiction and start working on urself resistantly.
12. Be selective , learn to know and distinguish between ur "NEED AND WANT"
13. stop being self influenced, learn to work on ur weakness stop tagging ur addiction as ur only weakness.
14. Imply the law of self-control and self discipline.
15. Ask people to pray for u. Etc

From my observation it's very blatant that every addiction begins wit a step so also to the possible remedy towards ur current addiction.
Addiction is very easy to start but very hard to let go. To stop addiction is very difficult but u need to be determined and work towards ur freedom.

The road to flee from addiction is the most difficult and hard but remember u started wit a step and probably begin to work on ur addiction wit the same "A STEP" which u began wit and with time u will start seeing positive results.

Every problem has a solution with God, ask God to forgive u and give u the power to overcome and believe me it works.

Addiction is no longer a physical fights so u can't possibly stop it through physical means, addiction is a spiritual fight which means u need spiritual backup if truly u want to be completely free.

Don't stick still to ur addiction, learn to be opened to that ur addictive attitude to one another probably ur Messiah is the person next to u because I believe that every addiction u re into u re not the first person to be in it, they re those whom have victoriously passed through it and came out successfully while some tally because they wanted to.

Every addiction u re into know it that God has prepared ur deliverer whom must have passed through its pains and continuous torments and had been free so learn to let known of ur secret if truly u wanna be free.
Starz cares