Addictions and beliefs go hand in hand, and in fact, it is ultimately your beliefs that back up and cement your addictions! Therefore, the cure for addictions can never be solely medicinal because there is no medication that can subdue or eliminate beliefs, and addicts require psychological counselling to get rid of these corroding beliefs that promote addictions. Logic and reasoning plays a great role in eliminating and discouraging negative beliefs and altering them into positive behaviours and beliefs. Beliefs, like all other human psychological traits, are also subjected to manipulation and alteration, and the use of Neuro Linguistic Programming can work wonders on taking out addicts from an addictive loop by altering and changing their belief systems entirely! In this article, we will take a look at how beliefs tend to encourage our addictions. Psychologists believe that all addictions begin as a response to uncontrollable and overpowering emotions, for instance, stress, pain, fear and loneliness among others. Addicts use drugs and addictive substances to relieve themselves of these overwhelming emotions, for instance, Heroin tends to numb the pain and relax the body, cannabis and weed tend to make one happy etc. Therefore, addictions are encouraged by the belief that the addictive substance will help fight pain, stress, and anxiety or simply, make someone happy, love or cherished. The primary aim of the addict is to fit in, and manage all that is overwhelming, frightening or difficult to confront in…