Ben L.
I had struggled with substance use disorder (SUD) for the past 18 years.
I had been in and out of many inpatient and outpatient programs. Slips, relapses and failures became the normal outcome for me. No matter how hard I tried I kept having the same results. I saw myself fulfilling the belief, “Once an addict…always an addict”.
Trying to follow traditional treatments to find sobriety didn’t work for me because I had been hard-wired to live in fear and have a victim’s mentality. The person I was before was not capable of overcoming this mindset on my own.
One of my closest friends, who also struggled with SUD, tried hypnosis with Kyle and I witnessed how it changed his failures into success. This gave me hope that I could re-wire my mind and overcome addiction. I have been doing hypnosis since August of 2021 and I am happy to say that addiction is no longer in my mind.
Hypnosis has freed up processes that were burdened with thinking of myself as an “addict” and cleared the anxiety involved with thinking of myself in this negative way. Freeing up the parts of my brain and mind that dealt with my addiction has allowed me to reallocate that energy to other pursuits. This has increased my intellectual abilities and has given me the confidence to make good and healthy decisions for myself.
Life is much clearer now. I have confidence in myself. I no longer live the life of fear and anxiety that I caused to myself. I have Kyle, my hypnotherapist, to thank for this. I am now living the life I always wanted and am no longer fearful.
