Finally, someone explained to me that those things are not the insanity that the Big Book talks about; nor are Oxford House those things why the alcoholic’s life becomes unmanageable. I end, however, with some words from a doctor who seems to be suggesting that AA works because it makes us more emotionally healthy. I have suggested clearly in previous blogs how I think AA’s 12 recovery programme helps specifically with problems of emotion dysregulation.

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I respond to feelings of humiliation by humiliating you, I react to my chronic shame by attempting to created shame in you. Not enough action, or effort to change my feelings in a healthy manner. Instead of acting on my upset by saying to someone,  you have hurt my feelings  I do the opposite,   I react and attack them in my head, my thoughts, my words spiritual malady and sometimes in my actions.

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With us it is just  like that.” Thankfully, the “spiritual malady” is no longer a “missing piece” of Step One for me. It is a  reality of my powerlessness and unmanageability and enables me to see why I so desperately need to  seek a Power Greater https://ecosoberhouse.com/ than myself. And unless this malady is recognized, and a course of action (the  Twelve Steps) is taken to enable God to remove it, the root of our alcoholic illness can lie dormant and  burn us when we least expect it. Many men and women in AA describe certain feelings they had before picking up a drink or drug.

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If you are struggling with alcoholism or any other addiction, it is important to seek help from AA or another 12-step program. Anyone can be spiritually maladapted, but as an alcoholic, we use alcohol to deal with having a spiritual malady. Many people say thatalcoholics have a disease of the mind, body, and spirit. There are as many different definitions of what spirituality means as there are alcoholics in recovery.

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�Have you been told before that depression is anger turned inward and that it is temporary as you learn what we have learned…how to do the opposite of anger which is acceptance. If you are suffering from symptoms of the spiritual malady, use these clarifying questions to ascertain where the problem lies. One of the most important things in AA is finding a sponsor – someone who has been through the program and can help guide you through it. If you’re struggling with the concept of God, try to find a sponsor who shares your views.