more anorexia, addiction, nei ching

[Guest guest]

I have four comments.

 

First of all, 12 step programs and psychiatric

help never come in the same package. Promise, by

definition they don't.

 

Second, to say only 12 step programs work for

addictions is to say no professionals can do

anything for addicts. Ditto Alon's comments.

 

Third, we are all addicts to one extent or

another. We all have unhealthy levels of

attachment to one thing or another....

 

I don't have my Nei Ching, I'm out of town, maybe

someone else can find my fav paragraph. Remember

the one, just 6 sentences, stating in the first 2

sentences that a healthy level of lust/attachment

feeds life and health and a strong-unhealthy

level of attachment will drain our health and

vitality? Apparently assuming most of us won't

*get it* the first time - there are two more

corollary sentence pairs stating the same idea.

The author figured it would take three times to

get this point across! Buddhism, Daoism,

Christianity and other religions also emphasize

this concept of " don't be so attached here - it's

not good for your health. " I.e., lots of Special

Authors have thought it would take multiple takes

for us to get this notion.

 

Fourth, there's nothing unique about Anorexia

Nervosa compared to other addictions or human

problems. I have more confidence in my expertise

in eating disorders and much more confidence in

Chinese medicine than to stay as far away as

possible from ED's.

 

Lynn

 

*******************

 

Gloria: The only hope, if there's one, is to

engage in a 12 step programme with psychiatric

help within it. This is no guaranty however, that

the patient will recover, but it's the only

hopeful avenue conducive to a higher level of

consciousness, where as previously stated, at the

level of 540 or higher, the disease resolves

itself in The Field.

A thoughtful and collegial suggestion, is that

we stay as far away from them as we possibly can;

for their sake, and ours.

*******

Someday, either in this life or the next, I

promise you'll understand.

 

 

 

Alon Marcus: Chinese Herbal Medicine to say that

only 12 step programs work for addiction is

totally ridiculous and uninformed

 

~ Doing Better Than I Deserve ~

 

Pain is Normal - Be Weird!

 

Lynn Detamore, MS, L.Ac., Dipl.Ac.

Licensed and Board Certified Acupuncturist

PO Box 14, Sheridan, OR 97378

503.474.8876

lynndetamore

 

 

______________________________\

____

Looking for last minute shopping deals?

Find them fast with Search.

http://tools.search./newsearch/category.php?category=shopping