{"id":8332,"date":"2016-11-26T17:14:42","date_gmt":"2016-11-27T01:14:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pocketwisdominsights.com\/pwicolab\/?p=8332"},"modified":"2019-02-18T20:57:01","modified_gmt":"2019-02-19T04:57:01","slug":"letting-go-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pocketwisdominsights.com\/pwicolab\/healthcare\/discovery-co-lab\/pwi-co-lab-staff\/letting-go-process\/","title":{"rendered":"Letting Go of Addiction"},"content":{"rendered":"

Opening Insights<\/h2>\n

The Letting Go Process is used in many areas of education, healthcare, leadership and change management. This process was defined by Elisabeth K\u00fcbler-Ross (July 8, 1926 \u2013 August 24, 2004) a Swiss-American psychiatrist – a pioneer in near-death studies and the author of the groundbreaking book On Death and Dying<\/em> (1969).\"elizabeth-kubler-ross\"There comes a point in life where everybody is faced with the reality of changing or dying. Yet, there is a big difference in the psychology of those dying<\/em> and the psychology of those whose actions will “eventually” lead to death<\/em>.<\/p>\n

K\u00fcbler-Ross’ 5 Stages of Loss have been used within mental health and personal growth industries, to help<\/em> people dealing with any form of loss – be it death, divorce, property or addiction. However, there is a certainty \/ an inevitability when it comes to death and dying that allows people to experience letting go, which many people seeking addiction recovery, for example, may never come to using K\u00fcbler-Ross’ traditional 5 Stage model.<\/p>\n

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Albert Einstein defines insanity as:
\ndoing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Informational Insights<\/h2>\n

When it comes to “life-style” changes, many people think they can fool Mother Nature, even if they are (consciously) only fooling themselves. For example:<\/p>\n

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  • The smoker who says “I know its bad for me, I can stop anytime.”<\/li>\n
  • The alcoholic who says “I’m fine, I can control my drinking.”<\/li>\n
  • The gambler who says “I’m just having a bit of fun, I know my limits.”<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    In an article by Alan Deutschman called “Change or Die<\/em>,” Deutschman sites research done by Johns Hopkins University, in which they found that 90% of people (cardiac patients) would not change even though their lives depended on it.[1]<\/strong> This reality points to the fact that while many people want to change and let go of old ways, our beliefs about the certainty of the loss have caused us to take a new look at K\u00fcbler-Ross’ original stages in order to assess how they may be best aligned with the mind of an addict.<\/p>\n\r\n\t