Is that ever how you feel? You know the pain of using drugs, alcohol, food, spending, rage, etc. but when the anxiety, fear or anger get to great here you go around the mountain one more time. Is that you? Are you exhausted with trying to figure out WHY? I so understand.
I continue to be amazed with Michael Dye’s work in The Genesis Process. With every exercise I personally do, every individual and group that I lead through the tools I continue to be amazed at the rapid results. The clarity of the truth. John 8:32 says “Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” There is so much power in the format in which Michael presents the tools. One of my favorite tools has become the Double Bind exercise.
Here is the link – Double Bind Worksheet
All addicts live their lives in a bind “I don’t want to use drugs/alcohol and more, it is killing me but I don’t know how to cope without them. They are what make me able to survive”. At least this is the underlying belief of every addict/alcoholic I have ever met. That double bind creates the fear, anxiety and anger that drive them to use again. As people walk in recovery this same fear, anxiety and anger manifest itself in more subtle ways. This tool is a lifelong one to be used when you are procrastinating or hitting the wall.
Most of these things are going on in the subconscious but the Double Bind Worksheet gives you a place to bring those thoughts out into the open and shine the light of truth on them. As Michael states in the, The Genesis Process Workbook “Healthy people move toward their unresolved problems, while unhealthy people run from problems. Procrastination results in crisis”.
This is a place where the Light of Truth is shown, others are able to come along side to help show the way and God can provide openings that are beyond your belief. I hope you find this tool as helpful as I have. It took me continuing to use the tool to have the real breakthroughs in what is really going on in my life and countless others….
Happy Trudging,
Tammy Hardin, Relapse Prevention Specialist
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