The Chalk Talk: Powerless Over Alcohol - Part One, The Allergy
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
- Dennis Chambon is a long time friend of Alcoholics Anonymous. This presentation is his personal commentary on some of AA's writings but is not endorsed by AA. Working for years as a health care professional in the treatment of alcoholism; Dennis has come to see alcoholism as the most damaging of all human illnesses.
Dennis currently operates a manufacturing business but still volunteers much of his time and resources to counseling alcoholics and their families.
Adapting AA's 12 steps to his own life has convinced Dennis that AA's recovery program can help anyone become their "Authentic Self".
This is by far the best video presentation I have seen concerning the "Allergy". Thank you! May Jesus bless you dearly.
I have never understood the non-alcoholic. I always thought what I felt was "normal". After-all, who doesn't drink to get drunk? Who doesn't crave more?
But now looking back, I realize that no one else around me drank like I did. They would have, at the most, a few; while I'm sitting there taking in shots every couple minutes. Someone would either have to take the bottle away, or pull me away from the bar. It was pitiful.
That's a great description of the allergy. I'm glad you found us!
Its about time AA updated its scientific info instead of rigidly sticking to this word allergy. I took opioids for pain for 9 months. They didnt work just zombied me a little. I experienced no addiction though liked the sedative effect. Then just stopped as i was pissed off they failed their purpose. . No weaning off and no adverse reactions. Yet others become addicted very fast to opioids. I would have eventually also just like it took decades for me to become moderately addicted to alcohol. Alcoholism has a spectrum i believe.
Hi, Michelle. Part One is a description of AA's viewpoint of the allergy; it's not trying to be overly medical. However, the main part of alcoholism centers in the mind. Try watching Part Two.
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I think perhaps you are conflating the "allergy" with "being addicted". "Allergy" is the phenomenon that happens to the persons body that makes us "crave" more and more; regardless of whether there is a dependency or not! The average person does not experience this "phenomenon". Most people can have 1 or 2 (maybe 3) and be "satisfied".
Simply put: We have a physical malady; regardless of whether we have drunk ourselves into dependency or not.