Showing posts with label alcoholism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label alcoholism. Show all posts
Monday, October 31, 2011

Three Delusions and a Few Conclusions

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" (T)he main problem of the alcoholic ," we read in the 'Big Book,' " centers in the mind ." Why is this apparen...
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 ...
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...
Monday, May 16, 2011

Meditation: "Keep Off Thoughts!"

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Step 11: " Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God, as we understood him . . . " Why...
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...
Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Carl Jung's Formula for Recovery: 'Spiritus Contra Spiritum'

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The seed that would grow into Alcoholics Anonymous (and its 'sister' 12 Step organizations) was first planted by the renowned psychi...
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Monday, December 27, 2010

A "Self" Imposed Crisis - Part One: What is 'Self'?

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An alcoholic addict is eventually "crushed by a self-imposed crisis" he or she can "no longer postpone or evade." ( Alco...
Monday, August 9, 2010

Three Delusions: Facing the Truths of Our Addiction

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There are three specific delusions set out in the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous .  Two of these delusions are set out in the first two p...
Sunday, August 8, 2010

Rumi - Spiritual Awakening in the Tavern of Life

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When I was 15, or so, years sober, and newly returned to Alcoholics Anonymous, following a 4-1/2 year dry drunk, an old-timer took me in han...