What I Learned at Passages of Malibu Combined With Candeocan.com Recovery

Program

Its Dependency, Not Addiction

• Addiction, Addict Or Any Word Ending In “ism” Are Counterproductive Labels

• No Substance Or Media Is A Disease• Everything Is Completely Curable• It’s A Dependency Rather Than An Addiction

And Its Caused By One Or More Of The 4 Reasons For Dependency

• More Work must be put into addressing Reasons instead of Symptoms

Four Reasons For Dependency

1. Past Events That Haven’t Been Dealt With2. Inability to Cope With Present Stressors3. Beliefs Held that are not True4. Chemical Imbalance– All who become dependant on substances or

media develop a chemical imbalance even if they didn’t have one before.

Three Steps to Cure Dependency

• Believe that a Cure is Possible• Work Through the Reasons for Dependency• Adopt a Belief System that is Consistent with

Truth– This includes using “Face it – Replace it” to view

temptations and sexual urges in their proper light

Two Major Parts to Overcoming

• Underlying Reasons for Dependency– Everyone has these to one degree or another– Many people need therapy to properly deal with these,

some more than others• Post Acute Withdrawal Symptoms (PAWS)– Everyone has to go through PAWS– Can last anywhere from approx a month to 18 Months– In many cases a safe rehab-like environment is necessary to

give person a fighting chance.– If underlying reasons are playing a big part and not dealt

with then PAWS is 2 times or more difficult

Dealing With Past Events

• A very common thread among those dependant on substances is a childhood void

• Different types of therapy may be necessary– Feeling oriented Family/Marriage therapy works

on the inner child– Psychotherapy works on bringing competence to

the conscious mind– Hypnotherapy works on changing the false beliefs

stubbornly guarded by the subconscious

Dealing With Beliefs Held That Are Not True

• Many False Beliefs Stem from Childhood neglect and Abuse

• Seems some type of spiritual belief and knowing purpose in life is a must

• Therapy Will Help a lot with changing negative beliefs

Chemical Imbalance

• All dependencies seem to primarily involve unnatural levels of dopamine but all chemicals are negatively effected in some way

• Chemical imbalance may have existed before the dependency on media or substance because of previous neglect or abuse

• Everyone who becomes dependent on substances or media create an imbalance

• Getting through PAWS means getting your chemical balance back

Chemical Imbalance Continued

• Supplements can help bring balance faster making PAWS less difficult

• Therapy, Exercise, Diet, and most of all staying away from drug of choice brings back balance

• Rehab is for those whose chemical imbalance has become so bad that their body now has more control than they do

• Rehab gives just enough time for some of the chemical balance to return and in turn gain some will power back

Chemical Imbalance Continued

• A Neurotransmitter Test is a Good Idea for Those Who Feel They Have or Already Previously Had a Serious Chemical Imbalance

• Phenylalanine Helps to Increase Dopamine Levels but Needs to Be Done With Proper Diet, Exercise and Therapy as Needed

Natural Dopamine Levels

Brain Dopamine Levels (DA)

Probable Porn Viewing Dopamine Levels

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Dopamine Concentration (% Baseline)

Dopamine Concentration (% Baseline)

Porn Viewing and Dopamine

• Healthy sex has a spike in dopamine then a gradual drop off.

• Porn viewing unnaturally keeps dopamine levels at a constant and for a longer period of time, especially as the person views newer and more perverse material to keep stimulation high.

• This surely causes dopamine receptor reduction which increases dependency on porn to avoid feeling the dullness caused by receptor reduction.

Dopamine Receptor Reduction

When Candeocan.com is Effective?

• Candeo is always Effective• Candeo is Most Effective When Underlying

Issues are Resolved since Porn viewing is the symptom

• It is also Effective even while the person deals with underlying issues so they can gain the brain science knowledge and the truth about temptations and sexual urges