This is the letter to the founder of AA or Alcoholics Anonymous that illustrated the psychologists belief that spirituality wad an integral part of addiction recovery.
Kusnacht-Zurich Seestrasse 228 January 30, 1961
Mr. William G. Wilson Alcoholics Anonymous Box 459 Grand Central Station New York 17, N.Y.
Dear Mr. Wilson,
Your letter has been very welcome indeed.
I had no news from Roland H. anymore and often wondered what has been his fate. Our conversation which he had adequately reported to you had an aspect of which he did not know. The reason, that I could not tell him everything, was that those days I had to be exceedingly careful of what I said. I had found out that I was misunderstood in every possible way. Thus I was very careful when I talked to Roland H. But what I really thought about, was the result of many experiences with men of his kind.
His craving for alcohol was the equivalent on a low level of the spiritual thirst of our being for wholeness, expressed in medieval language: the union with God.1
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“There’s a lot of talk about the importance of being honest in all our affairs and relationships. I really don’t know where to start it’s been so long since I’ve been honest it’s almost easier to lie.”
There are two major challenges concerning dishonesty that must be met and overcome in order to enter into a healthy recovery.
1. The dishonesty and lying has to stop. Unfortunately, for many people, this has become a habit. This behavior needs to be ‘unlearned’and the habit broken.
2. We must also overcome the fear of the consequences of once again being truthful
Being dishonest can easily become the standard of action, or way of life for most alcoholics or addicts. We deceive ourselves and we lied to others. We lie about how much we used, and how often we used. We hid our feelings and emotions, or became distant from our relationships, perhaps not in all areas, but certainly in terms of our substance use.
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While there are announcements every few years that there is a new treatment in the works which will allow people to drink while eliminating the chance for addiction; as you know it’s not available yet, if indeed it ever will be.
Controlled drinking dates back to the 1930s. The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous mentions it, saying essentially “The great delusion of every alcoholic is that one day he can drink again like a gentleman”. Personally, I haven’t seen anything yet that can prevent alcohol or drug problems other than abstinence.
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1. I declare my complete control over alcohol and everything else; and further declare that my life is in perfect order.
2. I recognize no power as great as I am; nor any person as smart as I am, and if you don’t like it, come outside.
3. I made a decision to run my life and everyone else’s life suit only me, and I pity those who get in my way.
4. I made a searching and thorough inventory of every one other than myself, and find them woefully lacking in all respects; and I never hesitate to tell them so.
5. I admitted to no one, including God and myself, that there could possibly be anything wrong with me or my actions.
6. I went to extreme efforts to protect and increase my defects of character and I did a little drinking besides.
7. I continued my obnoxious and arrogant air of asking no one for anything, my Big Eye was for telling, not asking.
8. I kept a complete list of all persons who had harmed me, either real or imaginary, and swore to get even with them all.
9. I got even where possible, except when to do so might injure me.
10. I continued to bitch and whine about everything to everyone and, when I was right, promptly reminded them.
11. I sought through scheming and conniving to materially improve myself, at the expense of my fellow man. I never hesitate, when the opportunity presents itself to bring disaster and misery to anyone who happens across my path.
12. Having had a complete moral, physical, financial and spiritual breakdown, all of my remaining effort was directed toward dragging those near me and dear to me down to the same depths of despair. And I did a little drinking too.
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I was searching the Internet for some ideas on getting people into addiction treatment And found the following article.
How to Get a Resistant Alcoholic Or Drug Abuser In Treatment
By Mike Shery
There are compelling reasons why people become addicted to alcohol and drugs. Psychological factors are extremely powerful. The addicts conscious and unconscious cravings become the dominant software programs that run his self-destructive life.
Our brain as reflected in the day -to-day experiences of our mind is everything. Because of disorders in our brain or the way we think, the psychiatric implications of drug abuse are omnipresent, and can cause major dysfunctions in the life of the one who is addicted-and his family.
The psychological scripting or indirect hypnosis which determines the quality of the addicts lives is well known. To illustrate, if one is the child of a substance abuser it is likely that, as he grows, he will rapidly justify the use of these substances to himself and REALLY think that it is OK!
In some unintentional way, the addict has been programmed by his parents to think that since it is OK for them, it must be OK for him. He is, in effect complying with the suggestions of this powerful indirect hypnosis.
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Addiction is a much broader topic than dependence on alcohol or drugs.
In addition to substance use addictions such as alcoholism, prescription pill, and controlled substances, there are process addictions. These addictions are related to compulsive behavior such as shopping, gambling, and disordered eating. Being active in addiction not only hurts the user, but also those associated with them such as friends and family. This raises questions. What is addiction? How does it start in when? It is hard to discern when a pattern of behavior moves into addiction?
It is a mystery why some can use drugs or alcohol and not become addicted, while others cannot avoid it. Victims of addiction have lost the ability to control or stop their user behaviors. Addiction is possible for everyone despite ethnic, social or economic status.
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