Joanna Malinowska
Professional Hypnotherapist
Sydney Hypnotherapy & Self Hypnosis Centre
Hypnotherapy to Stop Alcohol Addiction and Binge Drinking
You reached this page, so it means that you are affected by alcohol abuse and you are looking for a solution. Congratulations! This is the first step and you have come to the right place because I am an experienced hypnotherapist who offers the complete solution to stop alcohol dependence.
You may be a person who is looking to solve your own issue with alcohol, or you may try to find help for somebody close to you. If this is the case, please keep in mind that I can help you too, as it is extremely difficult to cope with alcohol abuse in the family and in close relationships. I can help you deal with stress, difficult emotions and to build confidence and strength for the future.
When looking for a hypnotherapy solution to any form of alcohol abuse and drinking problem it is important to find a therapist who can provide help with all aspects of alcohol dependency, biological, behavioural and psychological. It is important to remember that every person is different, the reasons why somebody is drinking too much alcohol is different for everybody, there are some patterns, but there is always a strong individual aspect. You will need a therapist who will listen to you and who can understand you, who will guide you into using your own power.
I am an experienced hypnotherapist and I can use different psychotherapy approaches and hypnosis together to help my clients overcome their issue with alcohol completely.
What can we do together during your hypnotherapy treatment to make you completely free from the alcohol abuse?
With hypnosis you will have much better ways to relax and to feel good; you will not need alcohol for that.
Hypnosis is a perfect tool to achieve full body and mind relaxation, it is incomparable with any other method. When in a hypnotic trance, you will be taught the powerful relaxation technique, which is very easy to repeat on your own.
Hypnotherapy will help you to find better ways to have all the other benefits which you used to have from drinking alcohol.
This is an unexpected joyful surprise to all my clients who stop drinking with hypnosis. They are very surprised when in hypnosis they use the power of their own mind to find and implement better ways to have a great time, to be confident at the party and to celebrate good times. They simply do not need to drink anymore. The hypnotic state is this kind of relaxed alertness; it feels like the highest of the high when you are guided to connect with all your senses in the way you would never experience with alcohol.
Hypnotherapy allows to remove the physical addiction to alcohol.
The physical addiction to alcohol is the result of your body producing chemical substances which help to neutralise the toxic aspects of the alcohol you drink. When you rapidly stop drinking those substances are not needed, but it takes at least a week for the body to adjust and it may cause severe withdrawal symptoms. When you are in a hypnotic trance you are using the whole power of your mind, conscious and subconscious. The subconscious mind is the part of the mind which controls all of the body's functions. In hypnosis you are connected with the body and you can use the subconscious mind to stop producing those substances.
Hypnotherapy will help you to stop the habit of drinking.
Habits are formed on the subconscious level. A habit is almost an automatic reaching for alcohol in some situations or at specific times of the day. It could be the first drink in the morning, or two quick ones before the meeting, or when you come home and you are free to relax, or when your auntie Sarah comes to visit, etc. Habits are difficult to overcome in a conscious way, but when you are in hypnosis it is very easy, as you are accessing your whole mind, conscious and subconscious.
Hypnosis can make alcohol naturally unpleasant
When you are in hypnosis, you can easily restore natural connections between your body and mind. Alcohol is a poison, so body just dislikes it. It is very simple, natural reaction of the body to say “YAK” to you when it sees the alcohol. It is normal, and a very useful natural aversion. You can make it stronger by staying connected with your body, because it will help you to stay away from alcohol.
With hypnotherapy you will become very motivated to stay away from alcohol
You will become fully aware of the negative aspects of alcohol and how it takes away not only your life and freedom, but also puts into misery and ruins lives of people you love. You can reverse it. When you are in hypnosis you can access the unlimited power of your whole mind. What can motivate more than realising your own power? You will open up to the freedom and excitement of the new life and happiness which awaits you. In hypnosis, you can visit your changed future and you can experience this freedom and happiness so you KNOW that is is awaiting you.
Hypnotherapy will help you to resolve the real reasons why you became an alcoholic
This is the most essential aspect of hypnotherapy. It allows making important changes on the psychological level. It allows resolving the past and current reasons of need for alcohol, the anxiety, depression and low self-esteem. It allows to build motivation, confidence, self-acceptance and even self-love.
This is also the reason why it is important to choose an experienced professional as your hypnotherapist.
Resolving of the psychological reasons of alcohol dependency requires the willingness to work on difficult emotional issues, to look at the past trauma or conditioning. However, the only reason to dig in the past is to let it go and to realize that present time is the only time one can live in, using past just as the lessons. The result is an empowerment, the overwhelming feeling of freedom and peacefulness.
How many hypnotherapy sessions will you need?
I recommend 5 to even 10 hypnotherapy sessions for the fully developed alcohol dependency. This treatment is aimed for the full recovery, to solve the underlying depression, anxiety and relationship problems. It also assist in regaining the physical health, and this process will be more successfull in the earlier stages of alcoholic disease, when the brain is still physically functional.
Alcohol dependency is a very serious issue, but with hypnotherapy the full recovery is completely achievable. Most of my clients achieve much more, because once they became free from this crippling addiction and other limiting beliefs and fears from the past, they can reach their full potential and this happens rapidly during the therapy, as they build strengths and confidence and use the new found resources to live the lives the way they could not even imagine before.
The drinking habits start changing after the first session, and many cliets stop drinking during the first session. Sometimes it is benefitial to have a hypnotherapy session twice a week at the beginning to have the full support at the phase when there is still a lot of work to be done. It become easier and easier after each session, as clients start noticing a significant change in their attitude towards alcohol, when they feel more relaxed, more motivated and more confident.