August 24, 2011
Epistemology: a way of knowing from a certain perspective. The Twelve Steps, and the recovery program based on those steps, can be seen as operating on, in the sense of treatment, the recovering individual’s misapprehension of their reality. According to French psychoanalyst and psychiatrist Jacques Lacan, humans go through a phase in the development of [...]
August 21, 2011
Many of us, even those who don’t suffer from addictions or psychiatric disorders, have real or imagined fears they have to find a way to deal with. Some turn to religion, others turn to science, and a few of us turn to drugs and alcohol. Human Beings are the first species on this planet to [...]
August 8, 2011
I thought I would post a follow up to the article I wrote last week on self-esteem, because I got a couple of comments that I felt brought up some interesting points, both “pro” and “con” towards A.A.’s approach to “ego-deflation” and how it relates to self-esteem. Within the confines of human psychology, self-esteem is [...]
July 11, 2011
How will you do your next Step 4? Do you use the AA Big Book list of resentments, fears and sex- conduct? Or will you us the newest version of the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders). The first one in 1952 was 150 pages and 180 disorders. The current on DSM-IV is [...]
July 10, 2011
In the past, my normal reasons for going to rehab was to perform a kind of “reset” on my drinking career. To take a break, rest, and get my health back… in a reasonably safe environment, and then go out and start the insanity all over again. I had found over the years that alcohol [...]
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