Motivation Management Is the Key of Change

During my career, I have learned that motivation is a very important factor in change.

I have seen people who have overcome their addictive behavior only with high motivation. In addition, I have many people who continue their addictive behavior despite the fact that they enjoy a variety of opportunities, such as trained overseers, hospitalizations, participation in popular recovery team meetings, and the support of good families, friends, and the community

Their motivation is low, and their motivation to practice addiction is high. Motivation determines whether a person overcomes an addictive behavior or persists. Therefore, motivational management is the key to change. This is because a change in behavior requires not only an increase in motivation to stop addictive behavior, but also a decrease in motivation to continue with addictive behaviors.

I think motivational management involves two basic principles:

1. The ability to increase and decrease motivation.

2. Ability to increase motivation while changing.

Ability to increase and decrease motivation Source, need. When the need is activated, it creates an incentive to turn itself off.

Needs are activated for attention, too. The more people focus on stress and anxiety and how to get rid of it, and the more they realize the joy that drug use can bring, the more they feel encouraged to use it. Conversely, whenever people consider the costs and risks of long-term addiction, the motivation to stop using drugs or addictive behavior will increase.

"Special attention" is a simple act and powerful method used over thousands of years by religions and ideas to inspire their followers. Today, SMART Recovery is benefiting from this approach and uses Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA) to improve motivation for change.

The CBA consists of four sections of questions:

1. What do I enjoy about my addiction? What can it do (specify)?

2. What do I hate about my addiction? What bad things do they do to me and others (give some examples)?

3. What do I think I will love about quitting my addiction?

4. What do I think I would not like about quitting my addiction?

Answering these questions improves awareness and increases motivation to quit. When most people do this work, they will tend to increase the motivation to quit.

The Power to Increase Inspiration as You Change

Overcoming addiction is a process, not an event. Most people know how painful it can be to walk on the road to change. They want to change their addictive behavior quickly, without frustration and without desire, without changing their beliefs and values. Such people are like those who enjoy climbing to the top of a mountain, but who hate to climb mountains; or as footballers who find happiness only by winning, not by playing.

They start out with high motivation, but gradually lose their motivation and most of them do not reach their goal. Few people reach the end of the road. They walked all the way angry and complaining. In contrast, those who enjoy the way their motivation increases exponentially. And you have reached the goal happily and easily. Rumi believes that loving the road not only raises our spirits but also leads us to the goal. You have clearly stated this fact in the case of the thirsty man.

On the bank of the river was a long wall;

very dry he was on the wall.

His obstacle to access to water was a wall;

He was miserable because of the water like a fish.

Suddenly he threw a brick into the water.

the sound of water was heard in his ear like the words of a man.

The water was making a noise, which means, (crying), "Hey!

What good is it to throw me a brick? "

The thirsty said, "O water, I have two advantages:

I will never quit this job.

The first benefit (of my) hearing is the sound of water,

which to the thirsty men become music in their ears.

Another advantage is that, (with) every brick I break this (wall),

I come (near) to the flowing water.

Anyone standing over the wall,

You will soon be breaking bricks.

Anyone who loves the sound of the water,

You will tear a large brick from the block.

I think the main task for people who want to overcome addictive behavior is to learn motivational management. Recovery teams, psychologists, doctors, and other people and organizations involved in addiction treatment can do well to establish a facility to help clients / patients learn this skill.

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