{"id":1337,"date":"2015-11-25T15:28:28","date_gmt":"2015-11-25T07:28:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bridgesofhope.com.ph\/?p=1337"},"modified":"2015-11-25T16:18:54","modified_gmt":"2015-11-25T08:18:54","slug":"you-and-your-stinking-thinking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bridgesofhope.com.ph\/index.php\/you-and-your-stinking-thinking\/","title":{"rendered":"You and Your Stinking Thinking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the trickiest things about drug, alcohol, and behavioral addiction is that your can find yourself battling with your own stinking thinking. Your mind is working against you, like when you vow to just drink two bottles but ended up downing 8 or more. It&#8217;s like also that time when you promised yourself you&#8217;d head straight home to your family but ended up still making that too-familiar detour to where you smoke\u00a0<em>shabu<\/em> with your &#8220;friends.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The addicted brain is a battleground between pro-addiction thoughts (thoughts that push you towards drinking and using) and pro-recovery thoughts (thoughts that help you stay sober)<em> ~<\/em>Harold Urschel,\u00a0<em>Healing and the Addicted Brain<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1339\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bridgesofhope.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/distorted-thinking-and-addiction.gif\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1339\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1339 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/bridgesofhope.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/distorted-thinking-and-addiction.gif\" alt=\"distorted-thinking-and-addiction\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1339\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo courtesy of score.addicaid.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This destructive, distorted pattern of thinking can make you justify your unjust actions, accept what should be unacceptable, and make whatever illogical seem illogical to you&#8211;all at the expense of your loves ones.<\/p>\n<p>Recovery is all about helping you identify these stinking way of thinking and teaching you how to eliminate them.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some examples of distorted thoughts that you may be (all too) familiar with:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I need to smoke (marijuana or meth) after work so I can relax<\/li>\n<li>I need to hit the bar for a few drink just so I can unwind.<\/li>\n<li>I can&#8217;t sleep. I need to drink.<\/li>\n<li>I need to snort some cocaine or use meth so I can get through this tough day.<\/li>\n<li>I am not an alcoholic\/addict.<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;ll give up using\/drinking when ____.<\/li>\n<li>I can&#8217;t stand ___ so I need to use\/drink to get my mind off my problems.<\/li>\n<li>You would use\/drink too if you have my problems.<\/li>\n<li>Life without drugs\/alcohol is no fun at all.<\/li>\n<li>People who don&#8217;t drink\/use are boring.<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;m too old\/too young to stop drinking\/using.<\/li>\n<li>Weed is natural and better than other drugs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Why do we have this stinking thinking?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When we want to do something, we feel a need to view it as rational so that it makes sense. This becomes a problem when you have an addiction because while your behavior is irrational and not normal for those who are around you, you have developed a way of thinking that makes it all right. This is called &#8220;cognitive dissonance.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Cognitive dissonance is when we try to resolve our inner conflict, which naturally makes us uncomfortable.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stinking thinking and recovery<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When you are in recovery, the first thing that you need to overcome is your distorted thinking. You have to acknowledge that you have unhelpful beliefs and opinions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the trickiest things about drug, alcohol, and behavioral addiction is that your can find yourself battling with your&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/bridgesofhope.com.ph\/index.php\/you-and-your-stinking-thinking\/\">[&hellip;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1339,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[18,57,6,45,9,34,35],"tags":[54,3,28,46,56,43,24,7,30,31,8,25,13,14,16],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/bridgesofhope.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/distorted-thinking-and-addiction.gif","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/bridgesofhope.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1337"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/bridgesofhope.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/bridgesofhope.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bridgesofhope.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bridgesofhope.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1337"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/bridgesofhope.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1337\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1341,"href":"http:\/\/bridgesofhope.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1337\/revisions\/1341"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bridgesofhope.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/bridgesofhope.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bridgesofhope.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bridgesofhope.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}