Great question!

Yes, this is a highly specialized area of psychotherapy requiring a great deal of specialized knowledge and training. Anyone suffering from drug or alcohol addiction is advised to seek a specialty therapist and/or facility and work toward abstinence from substance use as soon as is possible.

You are the creator, and you are creating your highest priority in each and every moment. The question to ask yourself is "what is it that I am getting out of NOT receiving what I want?" You probably have a subconscious belief that is at odds with you wanting to receive what you SAY you want.

One of the deepest and quickest way you can clear blocks is to discover what is your highest priority. For the vast majority of us, this is subconscious and we are not aware of what our highest priority actually is.

People always get what they want but they don't always get what they wish for. The thing to ask yourself as to why you may not get what you wish for is to ask yourself, "what is your highest priority?" Many times people wish for more money, but what they really want is to have less stress in their life.

You are resisting the resistance, so that will persist for you. When you notice the resistance come up, it is coming up because you are struggling with stepping fully into being unconditionally responsible for what you are claiming. It is actually a good thing because it is showing you where you are not willing to be unconditionally responsible for what you have claimed.

If we feel it is a bit harsh to tell someone that, it is because we are judging their experience and the illness. All the illness is, is a physical manifestation of where they are being conditional in their thoughts and beliefs. The book by Louise Hay "Heal Your Body" gives an emotional and belief source for a number of illnesses that people experience.

To add more depth to this question, this was in regards to someone who felt guilty about those who suffer from traumatic events in their lives such as hurricane Katrina, or the Tsunami in Indonesia. They wanted to know did they attract these events onto themselves?

Other people are great reflections of what is going on with us. How many times have you heard someone complain about how someone else was behaving and you thought to yourself "they don't do that with me." Whenever you have a reaction to someone else or an emotion comes up, it is really you reacting to what that person is reflecting inside of you that you are judging within yourself.

Realize that you are going through this experience to 'learn' something. Don't judge the experience that you are going through right now. Look for what it is that you are getting from this experience. Maybe it's to know your own strength, or maybe it's to show you how coming from love can empower you.