Posted on 09/02/2012 8:25:23 PM PDT by TedAdamson
ScienceDaily (Aug. 31, 2012) — Previous research has shown that personality traits such as impulsivity or compulsiveness are indicators of an increased risk of addiction. Now, new research from the University of Cambridge suggests that these impulsive and compulsive personality traits are also associated with a traumatic upbringing during childhood. The study was published August 31, in the journal American Journal *************************************** This is what I have been saying for several years now, and Science is coming around to the same point of view. I discuss this as well as the cure in my book "Up From Down" which is available free as an ebook at the present time at www.upfromdown.info A must read for those who have family members suffering from addiction.
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Interesting article. I have to disagree with it. There are many examples of people without trauma in their lives that have turned to drugs and on the flip side of the coin, there are many people who had a very traumatic childhood who have never touched drugs.
It’s a matter of personal strength. If you have it, you don’t need drugs, if you don’t have it, you need a crutch. Same goes for crime. To paraphrase William Johnstone... Some people are just born punks. They’ll always be punks, and they’ll die as punks. Same for dope heads.
Of course, your entitled to your opinion, but it is not an enlightened one.
Its not the science that convinced me that trauma is the root of addiction in many cases. I have known that for years. I lived it. That is why I wrote my book.
I can tell you that for the most part treatment professionals do not understand the traumatic roots of addiction or what to do about. They are stuck in a false “disease model” and erroneous ideas about a “brain disease”. It is a spiritual war and nothing less than that.
For those interested in learning more, there is some good stuff on my website regarding trauma and addiction. See the tab labeled Post Traumatic Stress.
www.upfromdown.info
Your personal experience is not that different than the stories that any junkie or alcoholic tell. When they actual get involved in their own life and do the work that is required in the midst of all their history they will gladly tell the fools out their that it is not BECAUSE of their childhoods or anything else that they are drunks and junkies.
the fact that you are pimping your own book suggests that you still have grandiose thinking which tells me that you are still in victim mode.
You are looking for someone else to co-sign your b.s. Don’t expect it from me.
And since you know nothing of my childhood or my life today you can keep your opinion to yourself. I do not need to be ‘enlightened’ by a victim who continues to be victimized.
Pimping?
No. Promoting yes. But then again you don’t have the desire to be fair and accurate, do you?
Read a book called It and see what happens to a young man whose childhood was horrific beyond all comparison. And then read the follow up to it that tells you where that man is today. That is impressive
Doctor’s opinion? You must be an AA and subscribe to the false belief that drinkng is a disease.
Doctor’s opinion? You must be an AA and subscribe to the false belief that drinkng is a disease.
Doctor’s opinion? You must be an AA and subscribe to the false belief that drinkng is a disease.
Doctor’s opinion? You must be an AA and subscribe to the false belief that drinkng is a disease.
Doctor’s opinion? You must be an AA and subscribe to the false belief that drinkng is a disease.
Nice going you posted that silliness four times in a row.
You live in your victimhood. Enjoy yourself
“You live in victimhood”
You don’t even know me! Yet you judge me.
The truth of the matter is that I was a victim, and also a victimizer. Victims frequently become like what they hate.
Most reasonable people would say someone who has been molested by a priest, beaten by a parent, or robbed at gunpoint was a victim. The secret is in learning how to overcome those things. I have. That is not victimhood; it is freedom. Freedom thru forgiveness.
So, I do enjoy myself.
Go back to pimping your book
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