Re: Alcohalism (general comment on affirmations

["Daniel Alter" <daniel_b_alter@...>]

Dear all - 

Alex wrote:

> I think Bardon's thought control, and the affirmation I DON'T 
DRINK or I AM NOT A DRINKER everynight or as soon as you wake up or 
in the middle of the night will work.

>From research and, more importantly, experience, "negative" 
affirmations (i.e. "I am not...") do not work as effectively 
as "positive" affirmations (i.e. "I am..."). As I'm not a 
psychologist, I cannot explain but I have found that it is quite 
true. From my own experience, what seems to happen is that when 
someone affirms, for example, "I am not a drinker", the ego 
immediately replies "no, I am a drinker", and so the affirmation 
does not penetrate to the subconscious. 

However, a positive affirmation such as "I am tee-total" can be more 
effectively transmitted through to the subconscious.

I recall that Bardon uses "I am a non-smoker" in the context of 
providing useful examples of affirmations. Personally, I consider 
this a negative affirmation (and it certainly did not work for me). 
I wonder whether there is a specific German word for a non-smoker 
that does not create a negative affirmation (and, perhaps, got lost 
in translation)? 

Kind regards

Dan