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When it comes to change and transformation, it seems to be confusing. What can we change and what can we not change? We can physically manipulate certain aspects of ourselves, but when it comes to behavior, it is not so clear. The investigation turns more mysterious when it comes to certain complexities such as addiction – is our behavior shaped by the environment or is it genetically predetermined? Irrespective of both instances, can we transcend what we have inherited or learned? In other words, can we chart a new course for ourselves?

The questions become more compelling if we take a look at alcoholism. Many say that that it is an incurable disease. Some argue that alcoholism is a genetically inherited disease, whereas others argue that if you grew up in an alcoholic home, you are prone to excessive drinking as well. Some argue that it could be a combination of genes and environment. The following article takes a closer look:

Unfortunately, when it comes to addiction, the concept of nature and nurture is hard to untangle. There’s compelling evidence on both sides, and sometimes, a person might have a risk from both genetic factors and environmental concerns.

So, can we overcome our addictions and compulsions? The yogic tradition says we can. Through meditation and heightened awareness we can change our behaviors.

Neuroscientists are now taking a deeper look at meditation and noticing how the practice can actually create new neural pathways in the brain.   Neuroscientists found that after just five 20 minute sessions of a meditation technique, people had increased blood flow to an area of the brain vital to self-control, the anterior cingulate cortex. After 11 hours of practice, they found actual physical changes in the brain around this area, which can help with the impulsivity that accompanies excessive drinking.

Researchers from Yale recently found that a 4-week meditation training program was more effective as a treatment for addiction for smoking than the American Lung Association’s ‘gold standard’ treatment. Over a period of 4 weeks, on average, people saw a 90% reduction in the number of cigarettes they smoked-from 18/day to 2/day and 35% of smokers quit completely! In a four-month follow-up over 30% maintained their abstinence. Although rigorous research on the use of meditation for addiction relief has only begun, the results show great promise for binge eating disorder, cigarette addiction and alcohol relapse prevention.

In this short video, Sadhguru speaks about how to overcome addictions and compulsive behavior that could shed some more light:





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  1. Augusta Bogdan Reply
    The plants,the herbs are the sources of nature .The drugs are maken from plants,herbs as the wine is maked from fruits what are coming also from earth and ground .The people what dont know the effects of plants can die ,for exemple a people which drink tea of belladonna can become crazy or can die ,because existe the herbs good to heal people but enough herbs to destroy people ,they are poison ,bane ,especially when is taken more quantity .The medicines also are prepared in the laboratorium of educated people with a special control of quantity and gram.Also the medicines are dangerous for blood and body ,mind when is a big concentration ,some strong poisons enter directly in the blood .There are people when they have depression of life and darkness thinking ,their mind is seak because of weak moments of desperation when they get many medicines to die .That is a weak moment of demons .That is why the people need to know in the first time what they use for their health ,what quantity ,to know the effects of the herbs ,because many of them give the turbulence to mind and body ,especially to the brain .The people what use not alcohol or drugs have more control for their mind and body ,because the drugs ,the alcohol even give the happiness in the same time give also dizzy ,the mind cant keep clean with alcohol or drugs when is taken very much quantity which create the dependece .The balance of mind is not correct and then these things create an atrracting dependence ,a pleasure for people ,sometimes iremediable ,every thing can become a big attraction and after that is difficult for them to stop .The people can prove from everything but not to become a idol of dependence life to destroy themself .A little wine sometimes closeby good foods prepared is very healthy ,one side gives good effects ,in other side when is more than enough gives bad effects , just a little to keep your mind awake and not to drink the mind with drugs or alcohol,to loose the control .Also is the same with smoking when a people wants to help himself but he cant and take trembling because his body is dependent of these things ,like the medicines which give other bad reactions into the body .A normal body need to have enough vitamins ,minerals from natural vegetables,fruits animal products ,milk ,eggs ,meat ,etc ,legumes to work normal ,but the people use these narcotics (drugs ,alcohol ,cigarettes )which create dependence for quitness spirite think them without to think before if are good or not good for their mind and body .They begin in the first to take like a curiosity of pleasure and joke ,or they think that they get calmness of relaxation and maybe these products in the begin give these effects ,like the medicines ,but when the body has learning to work with them ,it becomes dependent and the effects are bad .There are enough things what the people dont know which can destroy slowly ,slowly the life of people .So is also with the sexuality when the people change so quickly the partner of life ,so is also with very much foods when the people get bulimia and they are very fat because they have not stopping ,they have not control of mind and they eat continuu ,not important what they eat ,in their body comes many things like in a trash .There are also many people which can eat very much and they are very thin ,they have good chemical burns because they move more and they are active ,their characters ,temperaments are others than other people.Not all the people have the same construction of body ,not intern ,not extern .So is also in the forest .There are champignons very good to eat and to make foods with them and others very dangerous,they kill people if they dont know to analyse it and to know their effects into the body .The selection is very important to know before to prove it .The graps are the best sources of living and health for eating ,but fresh like all fruits from the garden ,they make clean the blood,they can give strength to the body and stomach .Only when the fruits go through a fermentation processing are transformed in wine ,alcohol .The power of alcohol ,the power of some herbs are dangerous for all people when they drink more than normal ,they become nervouse ,they can loose their control ,the mind .So is also with the sickness of people which give them a many transformations and bad feelings ,bad behaviour in their bodies and mind .The cells ,the hormons when are very much explode into the body ,the tension of blood grows up or is down ,many people need an eliberation through transpiration ,through exercises ,through changing life ,dance moving ,through sex ,through massage ,through a sport ,through an activity which dont need to give sleeping .The body of people needs activity ,nice jobs ,nice ocuppation ,moving in the fresh air and sleeping only on the time when the body needs relaxation and eliberation through neurons in the sleeping in the night for refreshing mind and body .All things what the people do very much in excess is very bad .A normal body needs to respect hiself condition and good rules for a good living with a normal menu for life and existence and not with abreviattions from normality .Many things are beautiful but the people need to know to select from the life what is beautiful for mind and body to keep clean in a good balance.
  2. Monica Reply
    Thank you for your sharing.

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