Mediumship and alcohol use

Bluto · #1 23-11-2023, 10:34 PM

Hello all,

Over the last 18 months I've been aware of some psychic sensitivity, especially regarding spirit communication. I've been attending an open circle for a few months.

However, it doesn't really feel as if it's progressing at all, and I still feel very much at the starting block despite 18 months having passed. If anything, it feels as if it's reversing. My pre-cog dreams all seem to have stopped too, as well as my hypnogogic voices/aura energy connections etc.

I use alcohol. I drink on probably 5 evenings within any 7. On those five evenings, 2 will be moderate, 2 will be something best described as a little more than I should, but 1 evening a week usually ends up with a binge (a few beers and a whole bottle of Baileys type of thing). Or I'll end up in bars on Saturday night getting home around 5am.

I've recognised it as a problem for some time, and it's the only thing in my whole life I've never been able to beat. I flat out fail at trying to stop drinking alcohol. It's too stimulating in a way I crave. Ideally, though, I'd love to stop now.

Here's the thing. I keep feeling plagued with thoughts that alcohol is a certain block to mediumship. That if I entirely stopped drinking, my mediumship would begin progressing well. I often feel that these thoughts aren't my own, and are spirit communications, or intuition from my higher self.

Am I correct? Does alcohol use block communication with the spirit world? Has anybody here ever had a similar dilemma that they overcame? Did your psychic sensitivity improve when you stopped consuming alcohol?

Gem · #2 24-11-2023, 04:04 AM

Sobriety is important and essential to a spiritual path, and you know that, but the addiction is really strong.
I was a big drinker some years ago, and smoked more dope than Bob Marley and the Wailers. I was continuously intoxicated for like 25 years or something, but now I'm completely sober.
I have no idea how I did it, and was always on the brink of falling off that wagon. It's a fine line, and I guess I just got lucky.

Altair · #3 24-11-2023, 04:28 PM

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I have no idea how I did it, and was always on the brink of falling off that wagon. It's a fine line, and I guess I just got lucky.

Never would've imagined, you come across as a very disciplined person!

Gem · #4 25-11-2023, 07:12 AM

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Never would've imagined, you come across as a very disciplined person!

It's actually my strong tendency to go off track that makes order and routine work best for me. It's ironic and paradoxical.

Altair · #5 25-11-2023, 10:04 AM

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It's actually my strong tendency to go off track that makes order and routine work best for me. It's ironic and paradoxical.

I struggle with order in my life, it's natural for me to go off track. How did you manage to turn it around?

Gem · #6 25-11-2023, 11:22 AM

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I struggle with order in my life, it's natural for me to go off track. How did you manage to turn it around?

I don't know how I did it, but I knew the intoxicated life was headed for disaster. When I stopped I thought everything would start getting better, but instead, everything got worse. Intoxication is usually a coping method and when you stop you don't know how to cope and things start falling apart, so it's very easy to go back to how things were, and very hard not to, but deep down I didn't want to go back and 'no' beat 'yes', but only just. It could have gone either way. It's just like I flipped a coin and had good luck.

Not only that, but unlike most old addicts, I can drink if I want to or have a few tokes at a party, and sometimes I do. I even got on the speed once, but the part of me that wants more isn't even there anymore, so maybe two is good - and I don't want another. I wouldn't say that's a good idea for most old addicts. Most would have one and be lost because it's usually either on or off, since the want-for-more is never overcome. It was for me, and obsessive craving is completely gone.

Sober is better. That's for sure.

FallingLeaves · #7 29-11-2023, 12:38 AM

i like alchohol just a little, as it loosens me up. But I don't drink much, my 'near twin' made me overdose on it in some past life where I had just been boozing around... apparently i used to do that a lot lol.... and now it isn't very comfortable to drink alchohol... besides there is the fact of my medications...

that said, some of the things people say around me make me wonder if I'm not somehow drunk anyway? Or just so used to being drunk I can't shake it? OR maybe they are? Problem with my life is I don't have much solid to stand on I never can get a 'true' picture of whatever is happening around me lol...

JustBe · #8 29-11-2023, 08:19 AM

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that said, some of the things people say around me make me wonder if I'm not somehow drunk anyway? Or just so used to being drunk I can't shake it? OR maybe they are? ...

What are they saying that would make them think that?

Redchic12 · #9 24-11-2023, 05:19 AM

Jane Roberts who channeled the Seth Material used to have a glass or two of wine before she sat down to meditate.

AngelBlue · #10 24-11-2023, 07:21 AM

Hi Bluto .... Let's get the Elephant out of the room first ... Excessive alcohol blocks EVERYTHING , not just mediumship. Hands up who had gone through several hours in a "blackout" because of booze ??!!! I know I have !!

All that aside , I have GOT to applaud you for your honesty about your drinking habits .
Your admission about your habit is akin to someone standing up at AA and saying to the group that they have a problem. That takes guts to admit to.

I do not know if you know but AA is akin to a religious meeting as in its connection to God and the 12 steps etc . It's not for everyone . My husband is a recovering alcoholic and AA did in fact save his life. However, he does not attend meetings anymore as he feels it's not for him. He had been sober now for many years...
But now to myself .
The addiction I had for well over 40 years is now killing me . I am going to die from it. That's tobacco. No illegal substances, just cigs .
Do I have regrets ? NO. Life has been hard for me being an Empath/ extra Sensitive, and reports show that most people like me need some stimulant in order to get through the day .. many might dis agree but I beg to differ.
But after a lifetime of smoking I stopped just over 3 years ago when I was in hospital .
I absolutely do NOT crave a cig.
But saying that I know I am now drinking too much red wine to compensate !!!

For these reasons I never judge . I know how hard it is to kick an addiction and actually my heart goes out more to people that are battling addiction or habit than those that are not but judge others ....
Am I an Angel ???????
Yes of course I am. I maybe a fallen one but I'm still an Angel...