Showing posts with label addiction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label addiction. Show all posts
Sunday, September 23, 2012

The Riddle of Ego, Self, and Innermost Self

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To borrow the oft-quoted line from Winston Churchill, the 'secret' of Alcoholics Anonymous (and its sister organizations) is ...
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Thursday, August 4, 2011

Addiction, Freedom and Power

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"Lack of power, that was our dilemma. We had to find a power by which we could live, and it had to be a Power greater than ourselves . ...
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Thursday, July 7, 2011

Alcoholism and Addiction: A Transpersonal View

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"(The) craving for alcohol (is) on a low level the thirst of our being for wholeness, expressed in medieval language: union with God....
Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Carl Jung on Alcoholism, Addiction and "Attitude Adjustment"

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Often referred to as a program of "attitude adjustment," the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous (and its sister fellowships) wer...
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Monday, June 20, 2011

A Thirst of Our Being for Wholeness

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The word "addiction" has the same Latin root as the words "diction" and "dictator" - ' ad ' + ' di...
Tuesday, June 14, 2011

The Paradox of Alcoholism, Addiction and Spiritual Awakening

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Twelve Step programs have a double purpose, but like all spiritual matters, the double purpose is paradoxically interrelated. The alcoholic ...
Sunday, June 12, 2011

Despair, Hope and the Nature of a Spiritual Awakening

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For permanent and contented sobriety, the alcoholic addict in recovery is dependent, first, in attaining a spiritual awakening and, secondly...
Saturday, June 11, 2011

Recovery Despite "Grave Emotional or Mental Disorders"

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As an individual who has experienced a lifetime of bouts with recurrent depression - one of the " grave mental and emotional disorders ...
Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Do Not Simply "Think! Think! Think!"

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After the description of the "real alcoholic" in the 'Big Book' of Alcoholics Anonymous , we read that, "the main pro...
Sunday, May 29, 2011

Back From Life's Precipice

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"It's extraordinary how we go through life with eyes half shut, with dull ears, with dormant thoughts. Perhaps it's just as wel...
Tuesday, May 17, 2011

On Awakening . . .

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"On awakening," we read in the 'Big Book' of Alcoholics Anonymous , "let us think about the twenty-four hours ahead. ...
Sunday, May 8, 2011

The Use of Will Power and a Higher Power

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An alcoholic addict who has progressed beyond a certain point in his or her addiction loses all will-power and cannot, it seems, stop and re...
Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Grave Mental and Emotional Disorders: 'The AA Member, Medications & Other Drugs''

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In the " How It Works " excerpt that is read to open so many A.A. meetings, we face the fact that many of us may "suffer from...
Friday, April 29, 2011

Spiritual Awakening: "A Fourth Dimension of Existence"

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Bill Wilson (1895-1971) Bill Wilson describes the shift in consciousness which occurred during his sudden spiritual awakening at Townes ...
Saturday, April 16, 2011

On Attachment and Addiction: What Would Buddha Do?

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For some, it may be helpful to understand a little of what Buddhist teachings and an Eastern perspective have to say about addiction, as add...