Posted on 05/15/2012 6:25:37 PM PDT by tedw
New You Tube Video on Addiction. Basically I am sick and tired of the so-called "experts" spouting off nonsense regarding drug and alcohol addiction.
The most current one I found was a licensed Clincial Psychologist "enlightening" (tongue in check) us that addiction is a "brain disease". You can find his link here:
http://tinyurl.com/d7h5c6q
The problem with these so-called experts is that they understand nothing. They do not recognize the spiritual realm so they reduce these problems to a physiological level.
They do not recognize the existence of demons or evil and the role it plays in addiction. As a consequence they help nobody. At best they adddict people to anonymous and only rarely is anybody ever really helped.
It's time we had a little light on the subject
Words of wisdom. Thank you.
This testimony is it's own reward. So grateful you found peace. Bet you that your connection to God is greatly improved, and that your churchgoing experiences are far more rewarding. :)
God bless, brother.
But then I only claim to speak for myself.
My wife shared with me once a way she was taught in the soup kitchens to deal with difficult people. When someone is acting inappropriately, try to find out if they are:
1. Hurtin’ buckaroos
OR
2. Horse’s patoots.
I think both terms are self explanatory and I have found it useful for looking at my own behavior, as well as trying to understand others.
I am not beating up on them. I spent decades of involvement with 12 step programs.
I am just telling my story and my experience.
Really, what I found is the spiritual awakening that is talked about in the 12 steps, but that so few people in AA and NA ever really find.
One thing I did not have to learn from 1the 12 steps is
Beware of Gurus.
That I learned through hard life experience. And I can smell them a mile away.
Fare thee well.
I have come to realize that addictions are a symptom of something else, usually childhood abuse or neglect from the mild to the severe.
That’s true. But Childhood abuse itself stems from an evil spiritual source. It can play a role in addiction. Some call it Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome.
I write about that in the book.
That’s true. But Childhood abuse itself stems from an evil spiritual source. It can play a role in addiction. Some call it Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome.
I write about that in the book.
Personally, I don't see it as a choice between good and evil, but rather a choice between joy and sorrow. Too much pressure involved in choosing between good and evil...I don't want to make the wrong choice and succumb to evil. Yikes!
I would suggest a more gentle path.
No more rum for me sadly. For some reason it now makes me black out before I’ve had too much. Maybe there’s too much sugar.
The late Dr. Malachai Martin,Catholic advisor to three Popes and a Church exorcist, called it generational possession.
It is entirely possible for evil to be transferred (thru hatred) from a parent to a child thru abuse. I know. It happened to me.
If I was to take my friend and lock him up when he was drinking, he would stop drinking (by force). My other friend would still have cancer. One has a problem that requires an act to give the condition, the other has it no matter what. Now, is there brain changes or predispositions that can affect addictive behavior? Of course. My friend has an addictive personality. What worked for him, and others, is to change the cue and habit that caused him to drink and do drugs with something else. He did it first with smoking cigarettes, and lately with exercise.
My point is that I have seen people with destructive behavior say “it is a disease!” and then stop trying to change. May be the people I have managed and known, but calling it a disease was not helpful. When they admit that 1. Have a problem that is out of control, and 2. That there is a possibility to get it under control, they start to get help. Those who have have said "It is a disease!" have had no motivation to change or get help. They view the addiction as something that can not get fixed or treated.
Now this is just from my experience with the people I have known. And from my experience with people is that once you let them take on the mantle of "victim" they loose motivation to change.
Meant to ping you to 93.
Now you have met one person, me, who was conferred the status of victim, but recovered and changed.
They say in the program, "You may not be responsible for your disease... but you ARE responsible for your recovery."
It's not an absolution from all responsibility, for us to accept that the addiction is the disease part.
There is a neat little book called “The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business” that I am reading now, and considering having the managers at my plant read.
AA changed your habits. Much like it has done to quite a few friends of mine. It, and other programs like it, do “brainwash” you to a point. They give you tools to change your habits to a more constructive pattern. Your old patterns remain, but they are (hopefully) redirected.
Diseases require treatment.
Anyone who declares “it’s a disease!” and doesn’t treat/manage it by changing behavior suffers the effects until it destroys them. Some diseases require active treatment, some are managed by avoidance. A diabetic declaring “it’s a disease!” who then consumes a chocolate cake will do himself harm, while many diabetics avoid problems and medication by avoiding certain foods; either way, they’ve still got diabetes and it’s still a disease even though it hinges in large part on cognitive choices.
Those you refer to are just choosing to not treat it, in this case by avoiding imbibing certain beverages. Yes, “victim” status is demoralizing and inhibits effective treatment - regardless of the problem (which sometimes doesn’t exist). Perhaps they’ve never seen someone say “yeah, ok, so I’m a victim - so be it, I’ll do what I must to get past it.” It’s still a disease.
The problem, which you state yet overlook, is that it’s a matter of “take on the mantle of ‘victim’”. Anyone who does, whether or not there is a disease/problem, will lose motivation to change (hence the welfare state). And some just decide that suffering the disease’s effects is preferable to treatment; chocolate cake still tastes real good to a diabetic, and the effects of some chemicals is - for some - preferable to straight-up reality or the possibilities therein.
You have a plant? Holy toledo, I’m talkin’ to a Genuine One Percenter! :)
Hire me for your web presence. :)
LOL! I am an engineer. No matter who says they “own” it, it is MY PLANT!
Ask any plant engineer. :)
Radio interview about addiction not being a disease
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