Cause of Alcoholism

The real cause of alcoholism is negative and destructive thinking; for as a man thinketh, so is he. The alcoholic has a deep sense of inferiority, inadequacy, defeat, and frustration, usually accompanied by a deep inner hostility. He has countless alibis as to his reason for drinking, but the sole reason is in his thought … Read more

The Law of Substitution

Realize that something good can come out of your suffering. You have not suffered in-vain. However, it is foolish to continue to suffer, If you continue as an alcoholic, it wih Realize that the power in your subconscious is backing you up. bring about mental and physical deterioration and decay. Even though you may be … Read more

Fifty-One Percent Healed

If you have a keen desire to free yourself from any destructive habit, you are fifty-one percent healed already: When you have a greater desire to give up the bad habit than to continue it, you will not experience too much difficulty in gaining complete freedom. Whatever thought you anchor the mind upon, the latter … Read more

Building In the Idea of Freedom

You can build the idea of freedom and peace of mind into your mentality so that it reaches your subconscious depths. The latter, being all-powerful, will free you from all desire for alcohol. Then, you will have the new understanding of how your mind works, and you can truly back up your statement and prove … Read more

Refusing To Admit It

If you are an alcoholic or drug addict, admit it Do not dodge the issue. Many people remain alcoholics because they refuse to admit it. Your case is an instability, an inner fear. You are refusing to face life, and so you try to escape your                    … Read more

Why He Could Not Be Healed

This is a case history of a married man with four children supporting and secretly living with another woman during his business trips. He was ill, nervous, irritable, and cantankerous, and he could not sleep without drugs. The doctor’s medicine failed to bring down his high blood pressure of over two hundred. He had pains … Read more

How Much, Do You Want What You Want?

A young man asked Socrates how he could get wisdom. Socrates replied, “Come with me.” He took the lad to a river, pushed the boy’s head under the water, held it there until the boy was gasping for air, then relaxed and released his head. When the boy regained his composure, he asked him, “What … Read more

He Said a Jinx Was Following Him

Mr. Block said that he had been making an annual income of $20,000, but for the past three months all doors seemed to about to sign on the dotted line, and then at the eleventh hour the door closed. He added that perhaps a jinx was following him. In discussing the matter with Mr. Block, … Read more

Focused Attention

Realizing that his conscious mind was simply a camera, he used no effort. There was no mental struggle. He quietly adjusted his thoughts and focused his attention on the scene before him until he gradually became identified with the picture. He became absorbed in the mental atmosphere, repeating the              … Read more