Wednesday 5 December 2012
Tuesday 4 December 2012
Experts
I have far too many counter arguement and views about addiction and I can't come to any solid conclusion, at the fluidity of the diagnosis. This is because as, I mature, much of what used to plague my brain has dissolved or evolved
The best, I am able to agree on is, a collection of compulsive and obsessive drives, lose direction as, a result of an individual facing particular trauma, at key developmental stages. This is aside from a persons supposed pleasure principles and death instinct. Jung refers too.
I am also not taking into account, location, ability, health, environment, opportunity, peer groups, etc as, one brother won't always follow an another brother, despite sharing trauma.
We all react differently but at the same time, if I yawn in a room, there is a good chance, others will yawn too.
I don't proclaim to be an expert on the subject matter either, despite having more experiences of collective services, than most people. 12 rehabs, over 20 detoxes, decades of social service involvement, multiple scripts, buying street drugs and medications, selling drugs, 35 years of criminal justice involvement, approved schools, 10 years in NA, 12 years of trying to avoid the model, divorce, loss of kids, breaks ups, all relapse related.
I worked in the drugs field for nearly 2 decades, its a common client promotion, give up the drugs and we have a seat at the table sort of thing. I gave up the drugs worked for 7 years and then shifted from abstinence to a relapse. helter skelter or did I. I believe relapse is a by product of abstinence, so you follow rules until you either survive them and mature of you run back into the rooms with your tail between your legs with stories of woe and befall. The fact is we mature out of most of our addictions obsessive compulsions or we over indulge to the point of obesity.
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