http://addictiondoctor.org/?p=461 Addiction as a Disease and the Revolution in its Treatment Sat, 18 May 2013 11:28:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://addictiondoctor.org/?p=461&cpage=1#comment-26726 AddictionDoctor Mon, 18 Jun 2012 13:32:13 +0000 http://addictiondoctor.org/?p=461#comment-26726 That’s a great question, Sarah. The truth is we can’t keep from getting expectations. It seems to be a hardwired human trait to expect what’s happened before. However, the brain is a marvelous learning tool, and we can learn to, if not rewire, at least delay our response until we’ve had a chance to check it out with someone else.
So the short answer to your question is, “practice.”
When we wake up, instead of rushing off to have the day we expect we could take some time to let go of expectations. Rather than going into an interaction that we expect to go badly, we could take the time to open our minds to the idea that it might go well. We can find a thousand ways to practice all through the day.

]]> http://addictiondoctor.org/?p=461&cpage=1#comment-26725 Sarah Mon, 18 Jun 2012 13:27:15 +0000 http://addictiondoctor.org/?p=461#comment-26725 I completely understand what you are saying, but my question is how do we live life without expectations?

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