The Spiritual Dimensions of Healing Addictions

Studies have shown that alcohol and sugar strongly affect the heart chakra - the auric center which regulates loving connections. Initially, these substances fill a void there, but addiction ultimately damages and shuts down this vital link to giving and receiving love. Likewise, living with an alcoholic stresses the heart chakra. It forces the children's heart chakras open prematurely, at a time when the focus should be on solar plexus development (self-esteem). Thus, adult children of alcoholics are especially prone to alcohol and sugar dependency and codependent relationships with addicted people. A metaphysical approach to working with addictions