tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88284486345866333912024-02-20T12:35:16.022+01:00How to master yourselfHans Durrerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15720281375780098886noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828448634586633391.post-24276464741109397122024-01-01T00:01:00.000+01:002024-01-01T05:21:59.467+01:00A Different Kind of Addiction Counselling<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span><span lang="zxx"><span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">My
addiction counselling is for the ones who fear life and death so much
that they turn to whatever that will bring them relief. And, who
become<b> so sick and tired of being so sick and tired</b> that they really
want to change their life yet have not much confidence in professional
helpers such as psychiatrists, psychologists, and social workers. In
other words, men and women who are very much like I am.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrFNvg6j4jlpOTNYjSsKi6frxZ2vEWsK9olnyYIauYN3mSi41bWC4E969z0h_xdKvcJzyE5-m-nmnY_hwWhadZdNWQHm3vRZigcg_o_A3cWM-tODyfFVZVrh0z9UZIb946dtjsoSEkW0n1kc_QYuWvVJAe3cyle9E3wFvi5yeFLhrjV3TMcJ1Qhu7Ezw/s1800/An%20der%20Sihl%203%2012.%20August%202022.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1350" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrFNvg6j4jlpOTNYjSsKi6frxZ2vEWsK9olnyYIauYN3mSi41bWC4E969z0h_xdKvcJzyE5-m-nmnY_hwWhadZdNWQHm3vRZigcg_o_A3cWM-tODyfFVZVrh0z9UZIb946dtjsoSEkW0n1kc_QYuWvVJAe3cyle9E3wFvi5yeFLhrjV3TMcJ1Qhu7Ezw/s320/An%20der%20Sihl%203%2012.%20August%202022.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">C<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">opyright @ Blazenka Kostolna, 12 August 2022</span></div></span></span></span></span>
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<span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Addiction
and other psychological disorders are fundamentally <b>destructive
answers</b> to the question that is often on the minds of all us: how
should we live our lives? Everybody knows that to reject life is not
a healthy option. </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Drugs are not the problem, we are.</b></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="color: #222222;">More
precisely: our destructive ego that not only is destroying us but
also the ones around us. We can choose to </span></span></span><span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="color: #222222;">adjust
and redirect our ego so that it will become what it is meant to be: a
life-affirming, constructive force.</span></span></span><span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="color: #222222;">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">My counselling is <b>based on the 12 steps</b> yet it is not the kind of 12-step programme available for free from self-help groups.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="color: #222222;"><br /></span></span></span></span>
</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">What I'm offering
is what has helped me:<b> my own version of the 12 steps</b>, my insights
into human nature that I do not owe to formal education but to my
being around, and open to, people of different geographies and (maybe
more importantly) of different social status, and to plenty of very
varied books. </span></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">So what then is so<b> special</b> about my offer?</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I know addiction from <b>personal experience</b>, have participated in 12-step meetings<b> in various cultures</b> (Africa, America, Asia, and Europe) and managed to stay sober for 34 years. In addition, I obtained the <b>Certificate in Drug and Alcohol Studies </b>from Stirling University, Scotland (my individual study project was on whether 12-step programmes work), did a traineeship at the Psychosomatic Clinic Bad Herrenalb (Germany) and got on-site insights into the workings of the Hazelden Treatment Center in Minnesota as well as into privately run facilities in Majorca (Spain), the Algarve (Portugal), Switzerland, Southern England and Northern India.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">By the way: </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">My emphasis is <b>not so much on why</b> you might feel miserable but on <b>how to get better</b>. </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">But aren't the two inextricably linked? No </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">-</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> and that is the <b>good news </b></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">-</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> they are not.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">For additional information, see: </span><a href="http://hansdurrer.com/">http://hansdurrer.com</a></span><br />
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