Does Hypnosis work for alcohol addiction ?
There is an old technique called Water into Wine that might work .
But , let me give you a story instead .
One day , in 1980 . Wow , that ' s 36 years ago - I am getting old . I was attend a Silva Mind class taught by John Mooney in Corpus Christi , Texas . John and I had just gotten to know one another , and I ' d been on local radio and had my own office in Kingsville called the Centre for Self- Improvement where I did hypnotherapy for patients referred by doctors , and self-improvement / self-confidence / self-esteem hypnosis for people from Corpus and Kingsville .
Well , at John ' s class they were taking a long-lunch break and I said to the group , of about 20 , how would like to have a fun experience with your eyes closed . So we all went into a smaller lecture room and I had everyone sit on the floor , or lie down , and get really comfortable .
Everyone was quite sober , because they ' d just had a 3 hour mind training and you can ' t drink or use drugs for types of training . So , I said - close your eyes and imagine you are at a party .
Any kind of party you want to be at . Yeah , they have open bar if you want , they have free doobies ( marijuana ) and any kind of drug you want .
Remember , you are imagining being there . And , just see yourself , there and enjoying all the possible intoxicants you can . Yes , you are going to get stoned out of your mind . And as I count to you from 10 to 1 you ' ll feel more inebriated , more stoned , more out of it than you have ever felt in your entire life . If you laugh when you are stoned , you will laugh .
If you can ' t walk when you are are stoned , you won ' t be able to walk . If I can ' t get up when you are stoned , you won ' t be able to get . And this powerful stuff , so now I will count to you from 10 down to 1 and at the count of 1 you ' re going to be the highest , deepest , most stoned , out of your head that you have ever been in your life . Ten , nine , eight , seven , six , FEEL IT , five , four , three - REALLY FEEL IT , two , one . And at the