Break Your Alcohol Addiction

In my last blog I wrote briefly about alcoholism and genetics. I expand on that today, while also discussing the energetic aspects of chemical addictions. I’ll also talk about why some people attain instantaneous life-long sobriety, while for the majority it takes tremendous willpower, sometimes with several relapses before they stay sober.

This information can help you understand yourself better, or a loved one, who is dealing with alcoholism.

It helps to truly understand the genetic aspect first. Most tribes, especially old-world, have been drinking alcohol for at least 8,000 years. This was mostly due to necessity, as fermentation was needed to preserve food and drink. Alcohol became part of the culture, a way for the peasants (if only temporarily in their minds) to escape their misery. In turn, alcohol was exploited by the ruling classes to subdue the peasants and keep them in line — you can’t start a rebellion if you’re drunk every night. Thus, alcoholism is also systemic in nature; it is part of the system of a nation.

It takes five to eight generations to program a cellular structure that will be inherited into the next generation, and if that behavior continues over the millennium, it then becomes part of life — both culturally and genetically. I live in Wisconsin, where the background for drinking is so deeply embedded from the…