Erickson and Alcoholism

In the 1950's, Erickson seemed to suggest he could not cure alcoholism and did not beleive hypnosis could cure it because once a person had a drink, they became a "different sort of creature" psychologically and noted "then what happens to those hypnotic suggestions?"

Later, Erickson did use his famous example of having an alcholoic go to the dessert, look at a cactis and ponder how long it could go without a drink. Appearly he decided to use hypnosis to support such techniques but not as a sole remedy.

But I beleive NLP has taught us since Erickson's days that alcoholism is quite curable and can be cured in one session without resorting to other such methods. I know from personal experence that 6 step reframing works in this area with stunning success. Bandler has called 6 step reframing a form of hypnosis which uses light trance and fragmentation. But I beleive the use of calling on the "creative part" to work outside the realm of consciousness gives this process an aspect of effectiveness not achieved normally in hypnosis. Any comments?

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Re:Erickson and Alcoholism, by Steve Lankton, 01/03/02 Re:Erickson and Alcoholism, by GHarris, 01/13/02

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