Emotions and memory

When the topic of emotions comes to mind, we have choices. Yet our brain is still programmed to take the path of least resistance hased on previous emotions. We have a chemical reaction in our cells. The memory keeps feeding itself when certain emotions wre triggered. I consider how we have additctions until we can gain self-control or the desire "burns out"-I am not sure how to describe the later. When I went away on my mission for three years, a desire gor sweet food slowly burned out. I did not notice it until I returned to the US. For a few weeks my body would go into shaking spells. I realized that my intake of sugar increased signifcantly and I had sugar fits. For several years in the Army I was addicted to Mt. Dew. I liked the taste and convinced myself that I needed the caffeine due to the long hours I worked. Psycologically I justified my drive and had a six pack of Mt. Dew each Saturday of my master's classes to stay alert for 4 hours of lecture. I made almost every one of the 96 lectures in those 2 years. Looking back I was more emotionally addicted than physically. We say we are physically addicted, but are we not more emotionally addicted and our cells hold the chemical memory? We look for that rush from the chemical reaction in our bodies. We find ways to justify our addictions. They start out small, but our emotions want more and we increase the dosage to attain that rush. Then consider  negative emotions of hatred, anxiety, fear, etc.  We do have a rush from emotional responses to thoughts or situations that influence us. These negative emotions release chemical processes that minimize the optimal functioning of the cells. The cells are not able to produce enough proteins to properly systain our bodies. Our minds can go into a fog because we deprive our body of what it needs. In Romans 12 it states: Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is--his good, pleasing and perfect will. Training our minds impacts our emotions and our body. This concept opens up quite a number of thoughts for me. How can I overcome these negative chemical reactions. Renewing my mind has become a significant turn around since Svetlana came into my life. Next to the Spirit of God she has had the most influence on me in my adult life. I am inspired by the Spirit and Sveta to continue to renew my mind; that involves unlearning many false beliefs I have and acknowledging what is actually true.