Jason
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Hello my name is Jason Centala and I am currently reading a book entitled "The brain that changes itself" by Norman Doidge, M.D.
In the book he states "I saw people rewire their brains with their thoughts, to cure previously incurable obsessions and traumas. I spoke with Noble Laureates who were hotly debating how we must rethink our model of the brain now that we know it is ever changing" (Doidge, 2007, p. 5).
"The neuroplastic revolution has implications for, among other things, our understanding of how love, sex, grief, relationships, learning, addictions, culture, technology, and psychotherapies change our brains" (Doidge, 2007, p. 10).
On another note I dodged a bullet this weekend in my recovery and I am so thankful that I did. I am realizing that my recovery has to extend into all aspects of my life and not just be regulated to the domain of my computer. In regards to my computer I changed my e-mail address and my home page. In addition I do not really surf the internet anymore because I find that to be to risky for me in my recovery. However, this past weekend I fell asleep on the couch and in the middle of the night I woke up. And I tried to program briefly sexual themes into my T.V's search engine to no avail because I have everything blocked! So instead I just went to bed. However, the next day that momentary mistake almost cost me to completely relapse but I didn't because I realized that in recovery mistakes will happen. What matters is that I develop new habits to replace the old. Thus in the future I am going to be very careful about not falling asleep on the couch! Again I am so glad I avoided that train wreck of a mistake!!! Jason
In the book he states "I saw people rewire their brains with their thoughts, to cure previously incurable obsessions and traumas. I spoke with Noble Laureates who were hotly debating how we must rethink our model of the brain now that we know it is ever changing" (Doidge, 2007, p. 5).
"The neuroplastic revolution has implications for, among other things, our understanding of how love, sex, grief, relationships, learning, addictions, culture, technology, and psychotherapies change our brains" (Doidge, 2007, p. 10).
On another note I dodged a bullet this weekend in my recovery and I am so thankful that I did. I am realizing that my recovery has to extend into all aspects of my life and not just be regulated to the domain of my computer. In regards to my computer I changed my e-mail address and my home page. In addition I do not really surf the internet anymore because I find that to be to risky for me in my recovery. However, this past weekend I fell asleep on the couch and in the middle of the night I woke up. And I tried to program briefly sexual themes into my T.V's search engine to no avail because I have everything blocked! So instead I just went to bed. However, the next day that momentary mistake almost cost me to completely relapse but I didn't because I realized that in recovery mistakes will happen. What matters is that I develop new habits to replace the old. Thus in the future I am going to be very careful about not falling asleep on the couch! Again I am so glad I avoided that train wreck of a mistake!!! Jason
