Quit Drinking by Using the Power of Imagination
Most people have a great imagination. They imagine getting a new job, or being better looking, or meeting that special someone. They can imagine winning the lottery and suddenly being rich, and all the things that money can buy. They dream about being thinner, or younger, or smarter. Or, they may simply wonder what their life would have been like if they had done things differently in the past.
Such frivolous daydreaming is, of course, harmless - and even healthy to a degree. However, it also doesn't fully use the incredible power of imagination that each of us has.
How to Use Your Imagination to Control Your Alcohol Intake
If you desire to quit or cut back on your alcohol consumption, this incredible power that resides within your mind is yet another tool to use. Your power of imagination is SO potent, and SO easy to use, that you will be amazed at how easily you can influence your own behavior just by what you think about.
Here's one way to go about it: imagine a few pictures and words that you normally would be repulsed by, or that you find disgusting. Now, attach them to pictures and words about alcohol, something you no longer want to be attracted to. For instance, when you see or think of a glass of beer, imagine that - instead of it being a beer - it is really a glass of urine, with a million germs floating around in it. Say the word urine to yourself as you picture that glass of beer, and visualize someone urinating into that glass. Imagine it smelling like urine. Does this sound disgusting to you? Good, that's precisely the point!
The idea is to be repulsed by the idea of drinking, and the more dirty, disgusting pictures and words that you attach to alcohol, the more repulsed you will be to drinking. The words and images don't have to involve urine, of course, as they can be anything that you normally would be repulsed by.
In another example, if you drink too much wine, and you recognize that you need to cut back or quit, start saying the word "blood" to yourself when you see a glass of wine. Picture someone bleeding into that glass, and then someone else drinking it. Yes, it's sickening. Yes, it's disgusting. And that's exactly what you want, and exactly why it works.
Don't limit yourself to just a mental picture, either. If you have trouble with mental imagery, try associating sounds, or smells, or tastes, or feelings. Use whatever sense or senses you find strongest and easiest to imagine. Try this for just a week or two, and you'll be truly amazed that your power of imagination has suddenly made the idea of drinking alcohol seem a whole lot LESS enjoyable! 