Negative Persistent Emotions in the Addiction Process

I Love You Keep Going with George Haas

A discussion on emotional regulation strategies learned from family systems, where unhealthy coping mechanisms like anger, sadness, or fear are modeled. These strategies generate excessive emotional responses that don't match the present situation. Techniques like noting feeling states can help gain clarity on one's emotions and sensations in the body. Dismissing or avoidant attachment styles make it difficult to experience emotions, while preoccupied styles lead to heightened emotional chaos. Meditation practices like focusing on the breath can increase awareness of subtle emotional experiences in the present moment are essential to the recovery process.

Where addiction and attachment theory meet.

In Meditation x Addiction Level One, we directly address the underlying cause of addiction and help you uproot the native attachment conditioning, in support of relapse prevention and long-term, sustainable repair.

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