Treatment of addictions

Addictions always compensate for an emptiness, an aspect of the being that has yet to be developed, a deficit in the awareness of the meaning of life, a kind of flight forward that prevents an adequate vision of reality.

Regardless of how the addiction started, be it through acts or occasional consumption, the point is that it has not been controlled and a psychological mechanism has been generated that needs to be repeated over and over again, and in addition to being a highly stimulating reward system for the brain, all other aspects of life have begun to be less significant for the addict.

Giving up any kind of addiction, be it to cocaine or compulsive shopping for example, requires not so much willpower, which is a factor that, as a therapist, I don’t particularly count on, but rather the awareness that makes the patient stay in the fight, despite relapses, until he or she manages to completely overcome the problem.

It is a complex and difficult path, where there may be some lost battles that generate frustration, but if, with the help of treatment, one finds inner aspects to develop and desires to fulfil, as well as a new meaning to one’s own existence, there is the possibility of overcoming the addiction.

It is difficult, not impossible, but one must persevere.