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    How to Quit Anything in 5 Simple Steps: Break the Chains That Bind You
    How to Quit Anything in 5 Simple Steps: Break the Chains That Bind You
    How to Quit Anything in 5 Simple Steps: Break the Chains That Bind You
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    How to Quit Anything in 5 Simple Steps: Break the Chains That Bind You

    By Dianne A. Allen MA

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    After more than 3 decades of helping people feel better, nationally known speaker Dianne A. Allen brings to life her powerful formula for success. There is a fundamental opportunity for joy and freedom within our graspyet most of us simply miss it! The answers are here; we need only to accept them and allow them to assist us with our daily lives. Many people keep trying to fight their way to happiness. Fighting only makes things worse. By uncovering and applying just five simple steps, each of us can truly live our hearts desires and be free of the limitations that bind us. This book offers a living and vibrant way to become free from the trance of human pain and torment. Success in life is attained by following the simple daily plan created to help motivate and inspire readers. There are many paradigms for creating your life; find what inspires you to excel in How to Quit Anything in Five Simple Steps.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBalboa Press
    Release dateMar 27, 2014
    ISBN9781452593463
    How to Quit Anything in 5 Simple Steps: Break the Chains That Bind You
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    Dianne A. Allen MA

    Catalyst, free thinker, mentor, ambassador, motivator, visionary are all words used to describe Dianne A. Allen, MA. Her powerful writing comes as part of her many years of listening and assisting others with sorting out their life challenges. Dianne’s education, experience and inspiration give her unique perspectives that she shares in her writing and speaking engagements. Dianne holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology and a Master’s Degree in Rehabilitation Counseling. She has studied formally and informally throughout her adult life. She offers authentic and strategic solutions. Dianne lives in Tampa Bay, Florida and currently mentors corporate leaders and business owners in applying their visions with focused action. Dianne is an ambassador for bright and talented individuals and families, speaking at SENG’s (Supporting Emotional Needs of Gifted) International Conference annually. She is the author of How to Quit Anything in 5 Simple Steps. Visit her website: www.visionsapplied.com

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      How to Quit Anything in 5 Simple Steps - Dianne A. Allen MA

      CONTENTS

      Preface

      Acknowledgments

      For My Readers

      My Invitation To You

      Introduction

      Part I The State Of Affairs

      Chapter 1 The Starting Point

      Chapter 2 The Problem

      Chapter 3 The Solution

      Part II The Road To Freedom

      Chapter 4 A New Paradigm

      Chapter 5 Step 1—Allowing Awareness

      Chapter 6 Step 2—Accepting Responsibility

      Chapter 7 Step 3—Identifying Healthy Alternatives

      Chapter 8 Step 4—Taking Action

      Chapter 9 Step 5—Moving Into Freedom

      Chapter 10 The Steps Come Together

      Part III Where Do We Go From Here?

      Chapter 11 Now What?

      Chapter 12 A New Paradigm, Day By Day

      Afterword

      Conclusion

      Gentle Reminders

      Glossary Of Terms: Useful Operating Definitions

      Dianne Inspire-Isms

      About Dianne A. Allen, Ma

      We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.

      —Albert Einstein

      FOR THE FEISTY FOUR!

      Your support and

      belief speak volumes.

      Thank you.

      PREFACE

      Your paradigm is so intrinsic to your mental process that you are hardly aware of its existence, until you try to communicate with someone with a different paradigm.

      —Donella Meadows

      A new type of help is emerging for all people who are seeking a way out of the trap of unhealthy actions and beliefs. This new paradigm offers long-awaited relief from the bondage of addictions of all kinds. Allowing yourself to see the world—your world—through different glasses can offer you a fresh, exciting way to live. Love, peace, joy, and freedom are yours in abundance; the more you become open and allow the good in you to come forth. This book offers the beginning of an exciting way to make changes that yield a great result for your life.

      In my work with addicted people for more than thirty years, it has become increasingly obvious that there are two factors that are largely being overlooked by the helping professionals and by society at large. First, that addiction is not only the ingestion of alcohol or other substances. Addiction can come in many forms, including neurochemicals, patterns of endocrine response, electronic-device use like texting, power, control, anger, food, sex; the list goes on. Second, that the ways that historically worked to help save lives from the death spiral of addiction are unable to fully meet the challenges of today’s world. This book presents my first text, meant to offer insight and help for those wanting true, lasting change.

      In speaking about my long history of working with people who have addiction challenges, a wise teacher of mine once told me, If you try not to do the work of your vocation, it will continue to come back to you. It is your true calling when you cannot get away from the work. We often laughed about the work in this area following me around, even after I declared I was going to retire and leave the addiction field. For years, clients and others around me have asked, Where are the books? Even a manicurist who had never met me before asked me about a book that I must have written. I kept getting the message and am now following the guidance. I started many times over the years and seemed to let distractions impede this work.

      Thirty years ago, I did not set out to work with addiction; in fact, when I started, it was not my primary interest. I wanted to help young people who’d had a hard childhood. In graduate school, one of my dear professors told me, Dianne, you have an amazing gift of carrying a velvet sledgehammer. You are able to see the issues and be direct yet compassionate at the same time. This is a real value, especially when working with addiction. I remember hearing this from a man I admired and somehow not really understanding the gravity of his words. I knew they were meaningful because he did not share things he didn’t mean. At the time, I could not yet see the wonderful gift in me that he could see.

      I began working with people suffering from addiction, and they were getting better. I kept waking up at night with ideas. When I was with clients, I checked out the ideas; they seemed to have merit and value that added to, yet were divergent from, many of the current treatment models common at the time. I always stayed open and willing to go to any lengths to offer what I could to be of assistance. My understanding of my role has evolved as I have evolved since I began this work.

      This text is the initial overview of a solid, proven way out of the death spiral of addiction and addictive patterns. I have put into form the foundational grid that underlies the work I do with my clients. I have accumulated a great deal of anecdotal information over many years in many modalities of working with people in various aspects of recovery from addition of many kinds. I have always noticed the underlying beauty of each person and have attempted to create avenues for that beauty to come forth.

      I now use this model to assist people in an empowered way, to show them their value and inherent ability to heal and succeed. This is a yes/and model and is not meant to replace or in any way marginalize any road to health. The yes/and model is one of inclusion rather division or exclusion. Look for what works and include it rather than ruling out possibilities due to fear, ignorance or disinterest. My belief and experience tell me that all answers have value, and it is timing and matching paradigms of solution to the challenge that is vital to successful recovery from any type of addiction.

      The stories and analogies in the book are anecdotal and based on my many years of experience in public speaking and in counseling, teaching, and coaching countless numbers of people across the United States. This book emerges from my personal experience. It is meant to offer some initial ideas and concepts that can help bring in a new paradigm of personal freedom from the pain and torment of addiction of any kind.

      My work is technically eclectic. My studies and life experience are varied, so you may find many flavors to savor as you read. I enjoy bringing together different ideas and concepts and blending my own insights, to create new, progressive avenues for those I serve. Though I love the science and research that backs my experience and anecdotal concepts, this book is designed to share some practical application, rather than the research.

      I ask that you suspend judgment and comparison and allow the yes/and mentality as you read. Test out the ideas, and take what works for your situation. Save the rest for your future or to assist someone you may know who could use the ideas that may not resonate with you. Most importantly, be open and receptive. Allow yourself to try on the ideas and actions. May you freely receive exactly what you are asking for in this time. May you experience true joy and freedom in your life.

      ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

      I would like to thank and acknowledge all those amazing individuals who have been by my side over the years, supporting and encouraging my work and this book, as well as the books to come. Special heartfelt thanks to the many clients and friends who have shared their lives with me. You are all fabulous teachers. The stories herein are meant to be a general representation and are not literally true of any one person, living or dead. Stories are meant solely for illustrative purposes.

      Thank you to Laura Watts, who lovingly edited this manuscript and offered amazing feedback and

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