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A former drug addict himself, Marc Lewis now researches addiction. In order to get over ones addiction, he explains, self-trust is necessary<\/strong>. Unfortunately, self- trust is extremely difficult for an addict to achieve. <\/p>\n\n\n\n There are two factors that make it so difficult to get over an addiction: <\/p>\n\n\n\n An addict wants his fix and he wants it now, despite the risk of losing out on a happier, healthier future. The way to build self-trust, Lewis explained, and get over an addiction is for the addict to begin an internal dialogue<\/strong> with his future self to convince his present self that it can<\/strong>, in fact, live without its addiction. Lewis finished by explaining how he did just that. By writing the simple word ‘NO’ on a piece of paper and reading it at every moment he had a craving<\/strong>, he gradually started believing that if he could cope a few hours without drugs, then he could cope for a few days and, eventually, for good. <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n