The third way to increase the energy level so to continue in the changes neccessary to treat drug addiction is a healthy mental diet.

Positive Mental Diet

In computers they say â??Garbage in, Garbage outâ??
In nature, a farmer always will reap the crop he sows.
Again there is some research to support such statements.
The brain is only capable of processing one thing at a time. This is why both music and noise together DECREASE the ability to perform mental work. Essentially the brain is forced to swap between thinking about the task at hand and following the tune. It is similar to a computer running slower when more than one program is running.

By reading and listening to things that are consistent with the skills and traits you want to acquire, you brain wonâ??t have to waste time processing things that donâ??t support where you want to go and discard them.
It allows you to accomplish more â??mental workâ?? in the direction you wish to go.
It also provides you examples of how others have solved some of the same concerns you may be facing.

Don’t underestimate the power of a positive mental diet in treating drug addiction. Again one of the reasons that drug rehab works is that by controling the enviroment you can limit the effect of a negative mental diet. Rehabs are the training ground to practicing the skills we discuss safely so you can feel confident when you step back in the real world. The couselors and staff at a great drug or alcohol rehab will be walking examples of the benefits of a positive mental diet.

Why not use all Three?

If we combine all three simultaneously exercise (especially first thing in the morning), a healthy diet, and the mental efficiency of a positive mental diet we can increase our energy level to really impact the chance of success of our plans to change our behavior patterns of substance abuse. Again a drug rehab is one of the best places to get going on the three similtaneously. If the drug addiction is well established a rehab may be the only place to make such a change efficiently.
Add to this mix the power of momentum, but that is tomorrow.

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