The individual involved in addiction and in its cure and so there's literally a war going You believe in the higher power or not, basically that there are forces that are beyond Neutralizing factor to that,seems to be like the higher power in AA. but what I'm positing is that there's an element in every true addiction that has theĪbility to kill you, O.K? And that it's impersonal - and the counter to that, of the It's been viewed in terms ofĮgo and dynamics and impulse control and obsessive compulsive - that kind of thing
"Well, what I'm getting at is that there's an archetypal level toĪddiction that's pretty much not been looked at before. (Which doesn't necessarily there's nothing of the 12 century monk about Jung I, also, claim 25+ years of reading Jung and related writers.) Here's a quotation from Schoen in that interview: Reacting to a comment already posted here, Schoen isn't any more of a 12 century monk than Jung was. I probably can't post a link but if you search ShrinkWrapRadio for the author, there's an excellent interview. I would recommend this book to any member of the drug / alcohol recovery community that wants a fresh perspective that flows perfectly in line with their current 12 step program. It is rare when someone that has not personally experienced the darkness firsthand can provide such a detailed and believable analysis. It is equally amazing that David Schoen is not a recovering addict himself.
War of the gods in addiction free#
David Schoen effectively used this as a spring board to take Jung's evaluation of the components of recovery and masterfully broke down the path to complete addiction and the necessary change that must occur to free oneself of servitude to the shadow. I was initially drawn to the book based on its study of the correspondences between Bill Wilson (Co-Founder of Alcoholics Anonymous) and Carl Jung. His descriptions of the Archetypal Shadow / Archetypal Evil is such that it reinforced my already personally defined notions of the nature of addiction. The author immediately takes the stance that true addiction is a "death sentence" and by his personal definition suggests that all addiction will eventually completely take over ones life and eventually kill the inflicted. I have had the opportunity to read many books on recovery and the nature of addiction.
0 kommentar(er)
