Tore,

Reinducing a drug state is a pretty basic pattern. All you do is have a person relive the kinesthetic sensations associated with the drug state.

Basically, these are the questions I asked:

"You know how it feels to be sober, right? You're standing here with me and you're sober right now, right? You know how it feels to stand up sober, to listen to me sober, to feel your body sober, it's distinct."

Then, have then contrast that.

"And you know how it feels to be drunk, right? It's very different from being sober. It's very different from how you feel now. Go back and remember the last time you were drunk. Now, you didn't just go WHAM and get there, right? You went through a series of stages as you drank to get yourself drunk. For instance, when you start to have your first drink or two, I don't know how much it takes, but you have a sensation in your body that lets you know that you are no longer just sober, but you're certainly not yet drunk, but it's starting, right? Remember that? Tell me what it feels like."

Then you go through the next stage, and the next stage of continuing intoxication until full blown drunkenness. You ask for descriptions and pick a few of their key words for each state or stage in the process regarding body feelings. You then go through it again and again, the process of getting drunk using their own language, their own feelings, and tell them to feel those sensations. Ask questions about it.

You can cycle through the whole thing maybe three times. Then don't talk about all the stages, but the last 4, then the last 3, then the last one.

If you do this with anchoring and embedded commands then it'll work pretty well.

Bandler goes through this technique on a lot of his tapes.

Remember, all hypnosis is essentially self-hypnosis. What you do, mainly, is to get them to do your work for you. All you need is to recognize a few key buttons to push and when and how to push them. When someone wants to be hypnotized, it's usually in the bag, because they are so curious and helpful. They want to experience something unusually. You're basically assisting them with self-stimulation.

The stacked states were states of trance and suggestibility, drukenness, and the state of being stuck in a state for a long time. The guy wanted to experience full-fledged drunkenness, so I made sure he got his money's worth.

[This message has been edited by babayada (edited May 11, 2004).]