Ein drogeninduziertes Hochgefühl kann von BW 350 bis 600 variieren. Es überdeckt die beschwerenden Notstandsgefühle und gewährt Einblick in das, was sein kann und in Wirklichkeit immer schon ist.

Hawkins ist ein über den Bewusstseinssprung in die Erleuchtung genesener ehemaliger Alkoholiker, der als Psychiater beruflich über fünfzig Jahre mit seelisch Gebeutelten und Süchtigen zu tun hatte.

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Definitionen von Sucht

Sucht ist ...

Machtlosigkeit
Bindungsunfähigkeit

Die Musen Clio, Euterpe und Thalia
Maler: Eustache Le Sueur

Siehe Wunder und Sucht

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Selbsthilfegruppen und das Zwölf-Schritte-Programm

Sinngemäß und in abgewandelter Form lauten die 12 Wandlungsstufen des
Zwölf-Schritte-Programms (orientiert an de.wikipedia, Stand Januar 2007) innerhalb einer sich regelmäßig treffenden Selbsthilfegruppe zur Heilung von Suchtkrankheiten so:

Sich selbst eingestehen, dass man in Bezug auf das eigene Problem machtlos ist und sein Leben generell nicht mehr meistern kann. Es kann sich dabei beispielsweise um Alkohosucht, sonstige Drogensucht, Sexsucht, Gefühlsnöte usw. handeln [je nach dem Anliegen der Gruppe].
Zu dem Glauben kommen, dass nur eine Macht, die umfassender ist als man selbst, die eigene psychische Gesundheit wiederherstellen kann.
Den Entschluss fassen, seinen Eigenwillen und sein Leben der Fürsorge Gottes, so wie ihn der Einzelne für sich versteht, anzuvertrauen.
Eine gründliche und furchtlose Bestandsaufnahme seiner selbst machen.
Vor Gott, sich selbst und vor einem anderen Menschen die eigenen Fehler eingestehen.
Bereitschaft zeigen, 'Charakterfehler' von Gott beseitigen zu lassen.
Demütig darum bitten, dass Gott sämtliche persönlichen Fehler beseitigt.
Eine Auflistung aller Personen machen, denen man Schaden zugefügt hat, und die Bereitschaft / den Willen zur Wiedergutmachung aufbieten.
Wo immer möglich, diese Menschen entschädigen, außer, wenn sie oder andere dadurch verletzt werden.
Die innere Inventur fortsetzen und die Dinge eingestehen, die man gedanklich ins Unrecht setzt, wo man unrichtig gehandelt hat.
Durch Gebet und Besinnung eine nachhaltige bewusste Beziehung zu Gott, wie man ihn versteht, aufbauen und vertiefen und um nichts als die Erkenntnis bitten, Gottes Willen zu erfassen und die Kraft zu erhalten, ihn umzusetzen.
Nach der inzwischen erlebten spirituellen Erweckung (Durchbruchserlebnis oder allmähliche Wandlung) sich dafür engagieren, diese Botschaft an Mitbetroffene weiterzugeben und seinen Alltag nach den spirituellen Grundsätzen des 12-Schritte-Programms auszurichten.

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BW-Werte – Suchtauflösung (Übersicht) nach Hawkins

Süchte und Suchtauflösung

BW-Wert	Suchtbezogenes Thema	Beschreibung
80-100	Die meisten Drogen	Einige Drogen liegen unter diesem BW-Wert.
150	Antidrogen-Programm der USA	Es ist ein wirkungsloses Programm, das Zeit, Ressourcen und Geld verschwendet.
300-600	Drogeninduzierte Gipfelerlebnisse	High-Zustände
350	Erforderliches Bewusstseinsniveau, um den Prozess der Suchtheilung einzuleiten
540 575	Selbsthilfegruppen von Suchtbekennern mit 12-Schritte-Programmen Bekannteste SH-Gruppe Anonyme Alkoholiker	Dieses Programm bietet den einzigen tiefgreifenden Ansatz zur Suchtheilung, den Hawkins aktuell kennt und empfiehlt. Es heilt das Gruppenfeld. Wer sich vorzeitig entzieht, kann einen Rückfall erleben.
560+	Gruppenleiter von AA-Selbsthilfegruppen	Durchschnittlicher BW der Säulen eines heilsamen Gruppenfeldes
550-600	Ein Kurs in Wundern	EKiW ist ein eigenständig oder in Gruppen durchzuführender bewusstseinserweiternder Kurs in Buchform.

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Gelassenheitsgebet

Gott, gib' mir die (Gnade und Demut und) Gelassenheit,
Dinge hinzunehmen, die ich nicht ändern kann,
den Mut, Dinge zu ändern, die ich ändern kann,
und die Weisheit, das eine vom anderen zu unterscheiden.

Standard-Gebet bei den Treffen der Anonymen Alkoholiker, 12-Schritte-Selbsthilfegruppen, Gebet von Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971) US-amerikanischer Theologe, Philosoph, Politologe, (irrtümlich auch Friedrich Christoph Oetinger, Prälat, Theosoph, zugesprochen), entstanden vermutlich 1941/42

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Die radikale Wahrheits-Übung

In seinen Seminaren zum Thema Sucht und Schmerz erläutert Hawkins den Ablauf der radikalen Wahrheits-Übung, die er bei Suchtverhalten, Krankheit und Schmerzen generell als Abhilfe empfiehlt.

Radikale Wahrheitsübung
Stufe	Empfehlung
1.	Höre auf, über deine Empfindungen (deinen Drang) zu grübeln (mentieren) und sie mit Namen (Diagnosen, Urteilen) zu versehen.
2.	Leiste deinen Empfindungen keinen Widerstand mehr. Und erlaube, dass sie über ihr örtliches Vorhandensein hinauswachsen und sich in deiner Aura verteilen.
3.	Übe dich in der Haltung Mögen noch mehr dieser Empfindungen auftauchen.
4.	Nimm sie ganz an und erlaube, dass sie sich im Prozess der Hingabe vollständig auflösen.

Diese 4 Schritte zur Loslösung von Notstandsgefühlen im nichtintegeren Bereich lassen sich beispielsweise anwenden auf

sexuelle Begierde, Hungergefühle oder Verlangen sonstiger Art, aufsteigende Krankheiten und Schmerzen (wie bspw. auch bei Operationen ohne Narkose),
bei Schuld- und Schamgefühlen und Angst wegen des Verlangens,
bei Stolz, nachdem man seiner Begierde nachgegeben hat und kurzfristige Befriedigung dadurch spürte.

Wer loslässt, wächst über seine wollüstigen Begierden und Gefühle der Scham, Schuld, Angst, Wut und des Stolzes hinaus und erreicht einen gelassenen, nicht verhafteten Zustand, in dem er gleichermaßen in Frieden ist, ob nun das Verlangen vorhanden ist oder nicht, ob es auftaucht oder verschwindet. Der Gelöste betrachtet sein Verlangen aus der Haltung der Harmlosigkeit und weiß, wann es angemessen ist und wie es angemessen zu befriedigen ist.

Um eine BW-Stufe hinter sich lassen zu können,
muss man sie sich in Gänze zu eigen gemacht haben.

Beschleunigen: Die Haltung, dass noch mehr von den vorhandenen bzw. darunter liegenden Schattenempfindungen auftauchen mögen, ist eine Möglichkeit den Prozess zu beschleunigen, indem man '100% Verantwortung übernimmt', für das, was da ist. Dabei anerkennt man seine Empfindungen und Emotionen vollständig und führt sie nicht (mehr) aus. Die Vorstellung, dass das Verlangen endlos sei, gibt man ebenfalls auf. Dabei wird sich zeigen, dass es im Prozess der Hingabe austrocknet und irgendwann einfach versiegt ist.

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Statistik zum Thema Internet-Pornographie von Online Education

Sexsucht ist führend im Internet.
Es gibt 400 Millionen pornografische Webseiten, täglich kommen 300 weitere dazu.
89% der Porn-Webseiten stammen aus den USA [Platz 1], 4% aus Deutschland [Platz 2].
Mit Online-Pornos wurden weltweit mehr als eine Milliarde US-Dollar verdient. [Stand 2009]
43 Prozent aller Internet-User schauen sich online Pornos an.
72% Männer und 28% Frauen (Tendenz steigend) rufen pro Sekunde etwa 30.000 Porno-Streams ab.
35% des Internet-Datenverkehrs ist pornografischen Ursprungs.
Ein Viertel aller Google-Suchanfragen dreht sich um Pornografie.
Nur 3% der Sex-Seiten verlangen eine Altersangabe des Nutzers.
'Sex' und 'Porn' zählen zu den fünf meistgefragtesten Suchbegriffen bei Kindern unter 18 Jahren.

Quelle: Bild online, 15. Januar 2010

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Von einer einzigen Sucht zu genesen, kann den Großteil einer Lebensspanne beanspruchen. Die verbreitetste und heimtückischste Sucht ist die Verleugnung, die den Blick durch unsere intellektuelle Eitelkeit trübt. […]
Auch wenn ein Mensch vernünftigerweise einsieht, dass er sich selbstzerstörerisch verhält, hat diese Erkenntnis nicht die geringste unerlässlich abschreckende Wirkung. Seine Süchte verstandesmäßig anzuerkennen, hat uns in keinem Fall die Macht verliehen, sie im Zaum zu halten. Afflicted by Forces Unseen?, FU Exzerpt aus Power vs. Force, S. ?

Das Erleben eines langanhaltenden höheren [Bewusstseins]Zustandes kann "regulär" nur durch ein Leben hingebungsvoller innerer Arbeit erreicht werden; es kann jedoch vorübergehend auch durch künstliche Mittel erreicht werden. Aber das Gleichgewicht in der Natur führt dazu, dass das manipulierte Erreichen dieses Zustandes ohne eigenes Verdienst eine Schuld erzeugt und dass dieses negative Ungleichgewicht abträgliche Folgen nach sich zieht. Der Preis solch' eines gestohlenen Vergnügens ist die Verzweiflung der Sucht, und schließlich zahlen sowohl der Süchtige als auch die Gesellschaft dafür. OU Die Ebenen des Bewusstseins, Kapitel VI, S. 98

Das so genannte Hochgefühl, das der Drogen- oder Alkoholgenießer erlebt, kann allerdings einen messbaren Bewusstseinswert von 350 bis 600 [auf einer Skala von 1-1000] erreichen. Die tatsächliche Wirkung von Drogen dient einfach dazu, die niederen Energiefelder zu unterdrücken, was dem Betreffenden ermöglicht, ausschließlich die höheren zu erleben. Es ist, als ob alle unteren Töne eines Orchesters durch ein Sieb herausgefiltert würden, so dass man nur noch die hohen Noten hören kann. Die Unterdrückung der niederen Töne bringt nicht die höheren Töne hervor, sie macht diese lediglich offenbar.
[…] Selten erfährt ein Durchschnittsmensch etwa Liebe ohne Angst oder reine Freude, noch viel weniger Ekstase. Diese höheren Bewusstseinszustände sind jedoch derart machtvoll, dass man sie, so man sie einmal erlebt hat, nie vergessen kann und sie deshalb unablässig anstrebt.
[…] Der hohe Zustand, nach dem die Leute mit allen Mitteln trachten, ist tatsächlich das Erfahrungsfeld ihres eigenen Bewusstseins (SELBST). Wenn sie spirituell unzureichend gebildet sind und es ihnen an Hintergrundwissen mangelt, um das Erleben begreifen zu können, glauben sie, dass es von einer "äußeren" Quelle erzeugt wurde (beispielsweise von einem Guru, von Musik, Drogen, Geliebten usw.). Dabei ist lediglich unter besonderen Umständen etwas eingetreten, wodurch sie erfahren haben, was in Wirklichkeit "im Innern" vorhanden ist.
Die meisten Menschen sind so weit entfernt von ihren eigenen reinen Bewusstseinszuständen, dass sie sie nicht erkennen, wenn sie sie erleben, weil sie diese mit ihren eigenen niederen Ego-basierten Zuständen oder ihrem eigenen geringsten gemeinsamen Nenner einschätzen. Ein negatives Selbstbild blockiert das freudige Leuchten, das die wahre Essenz ihres Wesens ist, das deshalb nicht erkannt wird. Dass dieser freudige, friedvolle, erfüllende Zustand tatsächlich die eigene Essenz ist, ist ein wesentlicher Lehrsatz jedes bedeutenden spirituellen Führers gewesen (wie etwa Das Reich Gottes ist inwendig in euch). FU Power versus Force, Kapitel VI New Horizons in Research, S. 104-105 und
Magazin Sober Living Spring 2003 pdf (engl.)

Es ist die Energie dahinter, auf die man süchtig ist. Seminar Sedona Alignment, 3 DVD-Set, 16. April 2005

Der Alkoholiker ist nicht süchtig auf Bier oder Whiskey; er ist süchtig auf den Rausch. Seminar Sedona Alignment, 3 DVD-Set, 16. April 2005

Das Ego kann nicht über sich hinauswachsen. Es kann allein durch den Spirituellen Willen BW 850 transzendiert werden. Suchtverhalten gibt es schon seit Millionen von Jahren. Der Verstand, die Ratio BW 400, ist linear und machtlos gegenüber der Sucht. Der Spirituelle Wille ist nichtlinear. Wenn wir uns GOTT zuwenden, geschieht es durch Demut und Übergabe. Seminar Sedona Alignment, 3 DVD-Set, 16. April 2005

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Personal avowal on addiction

I suffered from a hopeless and incurable disease [alcoholism]. Source unknown

On enlightenment

I succumbed to a progressive and fatal illness that did not respond to any available treatment. By the time I was 38 I knew I was about to die. I didn't care about my body, but my spirit was in extreme anguish and despair. As my final moment approached, the thought flashed through my mind, What if there is a God? So I called out in prayer, "If there is a God, I ask Him to help me now." I surrendered to whatever God there might be, and went unconscious. When I awoke, a transformation of such enormity had taken place that I was struck dumb with awe. Power vs. Force, S. ?

Renounce the addiction of the ego to the juice of positionalities. Source unknown

Recovering from a single addiction can take up the majority of a lifetime. Source unknown

Recovering from a single addiction can take up the majority of a lifetime. And the most common and insidious addiction is to denial, which benights us through our intellectual vanity. […]
Even when a person intellectually knows his behavior is self-destructive, this knowledge has no necessary deterrent effect whatsoever; intellectual recognition of our addictions has never given us power to control them. Afflicted by Forces Unseen?, excerpt from Power vs. Force, S. ?

Recovery from any disease process is dependent on willingness to explore new ways of looking at one's self and life, which includes the capacity to endure inner fears when belief systems are shaken. Power vs. Force, S. ?

It is the level of [...] chronic gamblers who accept failure as part of their lifestyle often resulting in loss. [...] Major losses in early childhood make one vulnerable to passive acceptance of grief later on, as though sorrow were the price of life. Power vs. Force, S. ?

Alcohol or drugs do not have the power to create a "high" at all; they calibrate at only 100 (the level of vegetables). The so-called high that the drug or alcohol user experiences, however, can calibrate from 350 to 600. The actual effect of drugs is merely to suppress the lower energy fields, thereby allowing the user to exclusively experience the higher ones. It's as though a filter screened out all the lower tones coming from an orchestra so that all that could be heard were the high notes. The suppression of the low notes doesn't create the high ones; it merely reveals them. Power vs. Force, chapter 6 New Horizons in Research, S. 104, Hay House edition, February 2002

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The state of Shangri-La:

This quote is followed by a reference to the fictional paradise-like mystical, harmonious valley Shangri-La nested in the Himalayan Mountains, so described in the novel (later in the movie) Lost Horizon (1933) by British author James Hilton. Synonymously, mystical states have been termed Shangri-La.

Within the levels of consciousness, the higher frequencies are extremely powerful, and few people routinely experience these as pure states because they're masked by lower energy fields of anxiety, fear, anger, resentment, and so on. Rarely does the average person get to experience, for instance, love without fear, or pure joy, much less ecstasy. But these higher states are so powerful that once they have been experienced, they are never forgotten, and therefore, are sought ever after.
It is to this experience of higher states that people become addicted. Power vs. Force, chapter 6 New Horizons in Research, S. 104-105, Hay House edition, February 2002

The high state that people seek, by whatever means, is in fact the experience field of their own consciousness (Self). If they're spiritually unsophisticated and lack a context with which to comprehend the experience, they believe it's created by something "out there" (such as a guru, music, drugs, lovers, and so forth) – but all that has actually happened is that, under special circumstances, they have experienced what is, in reality, "in here”. The majority of people are so divorced from their own states of pure consciousness that they don't recognize them when they experience them, because they identify with their own lower ego states, or their own lowest common denominator. A negative self-image blots out the joyous brilliance that is the true essence of their identities, which therefore goes unrecognized. That this joyous, peaceful, fulfilling state is really one's own essence has been a basic tenet of every great spiritual leader (for example, ‘the kingdom of God is within you’). Power vs. Force, chapter 6 New Horizons in Research, S. 105-106, Hay House edition, February 2002

The original critical error was the failure to differentiate between hard drugs and soft drugs. Hard drugs (narcotics) are addicting, with severe withdrawal effects, and have been traditionally associated with crime. Soft drugs (recreational) are nonaddicting, don't induce withdrawal, and are usually initially handled by amateurs. By criminalizing soft drugs, the government created a new criminal syndicate, wealthy and international in scope. Power vs. Force, chapter 11 Power in the Marketplace, S. 168

From a medical viewpoint, true addiction is denoted by withdrawal symptoms. Psychological addiction, such as dependence on marijuana, lacks physical withdrawal symptoms. […]
Psychologically, the addictions fall into two somewhat different classes – those of the sedatives, such as alcohol, heroin, barbiturates, and tranquilizers – and those that are excitatory, such as amphetamines and cocaine. The sedative disorders have only been recoverable since the advent of Alcoholics Anonymous. Truth vs Falsehood, S. 185-186

Addictions are not extinguished by negative consequences, no matter how dire. Therefore they are not comprehensible to the average normal person who expects that a prison term will deter criminality. Transcending the Levels of Consciousness, S. 127

Addiction to the ego's proclivities is like intoxication where pleasure is derived from the emotional payoff of negativity. Thus, negative positionalities tend to be self-perpetuating habits akin to addiction, based on presumption and the inner seductive lure of the gratification of basic animal instincts. By repetition, they eventually gain dominance and control, which is the innate purpose of the narcissistic ego in the first place. In spiritual work, these are termed 'temptations' and it is then presumed that sacrifice is necessary to give them up because one is relinquishing the pleasure of the emotional 'juice' of 'being right', 'getting even', feeling sorry for oneself, etc. Transcending the Levels of Consciousness [Hardcover], S. 340-341

Complexity is a perception of the ego/mind. One sharp knife can cut through hundreds of different objects; there is only the necessity of one simple action. Analogously, there is only one simple key concept necessary to disengage from all the ego's encumbrances. It has only one addiction, which is to subjective pleasure/gain. That is the secret payoff of all desires, projected values, and attractions. This is exaggerated by projected value or specialness. There is only one gain, and this same gain is merely superimposed on everything that is desired and therefore attracts attachment. The pleasure is associated with derived happiness. Thus, the ego has only one goal. That discernment enables escape from all attractions. This solitary motive is merely projected onto multiple diverse objects, persons, or qualities. Discovery of the Presence of God, S. 119-120

AA deals with the impossible. Alcoholism was a hopeless condition; nobody survived it until Bill Wilson’s¹ enlightenment. He reached a consciousness level of 575. The light in the room lit up, and suddenly he was in the Presence. Bill got sober, and then he gave it to another. So it was transmitted from one to another. All these people knew that giving up drinking would save their life, but nobody did it. It took the power of his knowingness. And so to this day, every person in AA has a sponsor. A sponsor is somebody who has taken the bit in his teeth and survived it. Interview David R. Hawkins, Conversations about the Teacher and the Student, part III of III, presented by Four Corners magazine, Pamela Becker, August/September 2007

Question: How do I best care for my alcoholic sister?
Answer: You surrender her/it to God and let go of wanting to control it. Trying to intervene keeps someone in pain and robs them of karmic merit. […] If you intervene, you’re robbing her of karmic merit and of what she needs to know. She’s going to need to hit bottom, whether she knows it or not. Intervening actually increases her suffering, because every time you try to help, you change where she has to go to hit bottom; now she has to go even lower. Do you love her enough to surrender her to God? If she says, "I hate you, you’re deserting me, I’m going to kill myself," you say, "Well, that’s between you and God." You need the conviction, the first step in Al Anon. Otherwise, you’re serving your own ego if you say, I've got to go in there and intervene. Sedona Seminar Emotions and Sensations, 3 DVD set, 17. April 2004

The experiencer is the leading edge of the ego. It's the experiencer that is addicted. The mind is absolutely silent, so if you’re looking at thought, you’re looking at the ego.The animal had to have a processing probe; is this all right to eat or not? The ego is an information processor, like an amoeba, constantly checking to see if this is okay or not. That experiencer / processor is what we think we are. Sedona Seminar Alignment, 3 DVD set, 16. April 2005

You think you’re stuck with whatever – my mother-in-law, money, etc. – but that's only the linear content. It's the energy behind it that you’re addicted to. You really have only one problem; people think they’ve got this problem […] to solve, but really it's just one: you’re hooked on the juice of being right, of loss and sadness. The alcoholic isn't addicted to beer or whiskey; he’s addicted to inebriation. […]
Forget what the matter is, just notice the energy of the payoff for the ego. Then all you have to do is to become unaddicted to that energy. The ego cannot transcend itself. Only the spiritual will [LoC 850] can do that. Sedona Seminar Alignment, 3 DVD set, 16. April 2005

All addictions are addictions to a higher state of consciousness. Alcohol and drugs blot out the lower frequencies so all you are feeling is the joyful happiness, loving everybody, because the lower frequencies are blocked out by the drugs. That didn't just get born after two martinis. That was there. The low rumbling noise was stopped and now you hear the birds sing. The happiness was there all the time. The high feeling is coming from your real self. You feel the radiance of your real self which is always there, but obscured by the clanging of the ego. The drugs silence the lower frequencies of the ego and allow you to experience the radiance of that which you are in Truth. Sedona Satsang Q&A, 2 CD set, 13. September 2006

What you are unwilling to give up are the payoffs and what holds you to that level of consciousness! Would you rather let go of chocolate or being right? We get addicted at any level of consciousness – you are already addicted to the payoff of a certain positionality. You don't have to let go of the positionality, but to the payoff and the juice of that positionality. All of these dualities yield a narcissistic gratification. […] The attraction is the payoff and the aversion is letting the juice go! Sedona Seminar Perception vs. Essence, 3 DVD set, 22. April 2006

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Personal question on addiction

Question: My wife went into AA rehabilitation and left, failed, went back again. I used kinesiology to determine the cause of that failure. Am I morally obligated to do anything with the truth I found out about her through kinesiology?
Answer: No. I doubt it would be of benefit to her to make it available to her. [Tested as true.] To hear it from an external source – an interpretation made outside of the therapeutic relationship is always taken as an attack. Sedona Seminar Is the Miraculous Real?, 3 DVD set, 9. December 2006

Addiction serves as a pathway, a fast way to God. […] You either get it or die. Sedona Satsang Q&A Golden Word Book Signing hour, CD 2 of 3, track 5, minute 1:20-4:30, 13. January 2007

Question: How to transcend any desire of a physical nature? How to overcome a craving?
Answer: Ah, a craving first starts in your mind as an image. If you watch this carefully you will see any craving first appears as an image, whether it is a cheeseburger, hamburger, a naked body, whatever, or if you are an alcoholic, a drink. First comes the image of the drink, and you eliminate it instantly (imagine the big red X on the image). The image draws energy to it, so when it first appears, it is only about 5 watts, if you don't exterminate it within the first second, it is about 150 watts, then 600 watts, then it's a have to. [...]
I always tell alcoholics you have about one or two seconds to eliminate that image of a drink.
Similar to the 'Red X' technique, the 'Rubber Band' technique can help in the same way. Keep a rubber band tied around your wrist and every time you start to entertain a thought or fantasy concerning your trigger, snap the rubber band on your wrist to induce pain. You will condition your brain to associate that thought as being less than rewarding over time. Sedona Seminar What is Real?, 3 DVD set, 16. June 2007

Question: Can the 12 steps take you the whole way?
Answer: Yes. 12 steps will take you the whole way. Spiritual inventory, meditation, asking God's will for you, surrendering to God's will at great depth, completely surrendering one's will to God is all that's required to reach enlightenment. Sedona Satsang Q&A, 2 CD set, 9. July 2008

12 step groups are the most uplifting to the collective because they follow the principles of simplicity, honesty, one day at a time, and a caringness towards others. Sedona Seminar Practical Spirituality, 3 DVD set, 25. October 2008

The Twelve Step Programs teach that there is no such thing as a justified resentment. All that was yesterday. You don't get to bask in feeling sorry for yourself. The etheric body existed and exists first. It is the blueprint out of which the physical body arises. All our belief (mental) systems, our spiritual and physical realities came out of it. Propensities tend to be genetic – i.e. alcoholism, depression. Have an open mind. Tai Chi helps you to explore the human dimension. Prescott Seminar Overcoming Doubt, Skepticism and Disbelief, 3 DVD set, 9. August 2008

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Tiefgreifende Veränderungen anstreben, heißt, Lösungen zu suchen, die v e r l e t z l i c h machen – und genau das lehnen die meisten Menschen ab. [...] Paradoxerweise wirkt genau das, was scheinbar zu nichts führt. [...]
Die Ermutigung, sich anderen Menschen gegenüber verletzlich zu zeigen, bietet einen Ausweg aus der Scham. Patrick Carnes, Ph.D. C.A.S., führender US-amerikanischer Sexsuchtexperte und -therapeut, Minneapolis, Wenn Sex zur Sucht wird, S. 254, Kösel-Verlag, 1992

Finde ein Sakrament, beginne ein neues Leben, befreie dich! Timothy Leary (1920-1996) US-amerikanischer Psychologe, Autor, Protagonist für die Erforschung psychedelischer Drogen, Spruch der Gegenkultur in den Sechzigern, Pressekonferenz, New York City, 19. September 1966

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The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. 2. Corinthians 4, New International Version (NIV) (NT)

Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation. St. Augustine of Hippo [LoC 550] (354-430) Algerian bishop of Hippo Regius, philosopher, theologian, Confessions

Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol, morphine or idealism. Carl Gustav Jung [LoC 540] (1875-1961) Swiss psychiatrist, psychoanalytist, depth psychologist

Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our path. Those who do not recover are people who cannot or will not completely give themselves to this simple program, usually men and women who are constitutionally incapable of being honest with themselves. There are such unfortunates.
They are not at fault; they seem to have been born that way. They are naturally incapable of grasping and developing a manner of living which demands rigorous honesty. Their chances are less than average. There are those, too, who suffer from grave emotional and mental disorders, but many of them do recover if they have the capacity to be honest. Bill Griffith Wilson [Bill W.] [LoC 540] (1895-1971) US American co-founder of the international mutual aid fellowship Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), Alcoholics Anonymous – The Big Book online
Geschichte der AA; Big Book (German)

Given enough anger, both unity and purpose are lost. Given still more 'righteous 'indignation, the group can disintegrate; it can actually die. This is why we avoid controversy. This is why we prescribe no punishments for any misbehaviour, no matter how grievous. Indeed, no alcoholic can be deprived of his membership for any reason whatever. Punishment never heals. Only love can heal. Bill Griffith Wilson [Bill W.] [LoC 540] (1895-1971) US American co-founder of the international mutual aid fellowship Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)

Cigarettes cannot touch you if you're not afraid of them. You can only be damaged by those things you fear. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross [LoC 485] (1926-2004) Swiss US American psychiatrist, founder of Near-death studies, reply on the question why she smoked in view of the danger of cancer, Playboy, M. Seligson, 1981

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Pioneers of orthomolecular psychiatry:

(Abram Hoffer, M.D.² (1917-2009) Canadian psychiatrist, Dr. Allan Cott, Dr. A. Cherkin, and Linus Pauling, Ph.D. [LoC 450] (1901-1994) US American chemist, biochemist, educator, peace activist, author, have confirmed that mental illness is a myth and that emotional disturbance can be merely the first symptom of the obvious inability of the human system to handle the stress of sugar dependency.

The functioning of the brain and nervous tissue is more sensitively dependent on the rate of chemical reactions than the functioning of other organs and tissues. I believe that mental disease is for the most part caused by abnormal reaction rates, as determined by genetic constitution and diet, and by abnormal molecular concentrations of essential substances. Selection of food (and drugs) in a world that is undergoing rapid scientific and technological change may often be far from the best. Linus Pauling, Ph.D. [LoC 450] (1901-1994) US American chemist, biochemist, educator, peace activist, author, Orthomolecular Psychiatry. Treatment of Schizophrenia, W. H. Freeman & Co., illustrated edition, June 1973

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Video presentation by Gabor Maté, M.D. drgabormate.com (*1944) Hungarian-Canadian addiction expert, on Brain Development and Addiction, DVD, YouTube film, 1:04:26 duration, posted 23. February 2009

Food will increase one's dopamine levels 50%.
Sex will increase one's dopamine levels 100%.
Cocaine will increase one's dopamine levels by 300%.
Methamphetamine (chrystal meth) will increase one's dopamine levels by 1200.
None of the drugs (including nicotine and caffeine) can "cause" addictions.
Not all addictions are rooted in abuse or trauma, but I do believe they can all be traced to painful experience. A hurt is at the centre of all addictive behaviours. It is present in the gambler, the Internet addict, the compulsive shopper and the workaholic. The wound may not be as deep and the ache not as excruciating, and it may even be entirely hidden – but it’s there. As we’ll see, the effects of early stress or adverse experiences directly shape both the psychology and the neurobiology of addiction in the brain. Gabor Maté, M.D.drgabormate.com (*1944) Hungarian-Canadian addiction expert, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts. Close Encounters with Addiction, M.D.Knopf, Canada, 12. February 2008, issued in USA 5. January 2010

The core of addiction is powerlessness. Patrick Carnes, Ph.D. C.A.S., leading US American sex addiction therapist, Minneapolis

Another way to define addiction is a failure to bond. Patrick Carnes, Ph.D. C.A.S., leading US American sex addiction therapist, Minneapolis, What are the Causes of Addiction?, minutes 2:02, Sexhelp.com

Addiction is a dysregulation of the midbrain-dopamine and cortical-glutamate (pleasure) system due to unmanaged stress resulting in symptoms of decreased functioning specifically:
1. Loss of control,
2. 2. Craving,
3. 3. Persistent drug use despite negative consequences.

Kevin McCauley, M.D., The Institute For Addiction Study, US American addiction researcher and therapist, Going to the Edge of Current Neuroscience of Addiction, part 8 of 10, YouTube film, minute 6:29, 10:00 minutes duration, posted 15. March 2010
The midbrain is the unconscious, primitive, reflexive survival-based limbic system.

Addiction [i.e. narcissism] is the medical problem of our time. Drew Pinsky, M.D. (*1958) US American board-certified internist, radio and TV personality, addiction medicine specialist, assistant clinical professor, Keck USC School of Medicine

Sex addiction is an intimacy disorder. Sex addicts feel so alone, so ashamed and so unworthy of intimacy and love. Drew Pinsky, M.D. (*1958) US American board-certified internist, radio and TV personality, addiction medicine specialist, assistant clinical professor, Keck USC School of Medicine

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Question:

In vino veritas? Is alcohol a truth revealing means.

Anderson Cooper, CNN: Is alcohol really a truth serum?
Drew Pinsky, M.D. (*1958) US American board-certified internist, radio and TV personality, addiction medicine specialist, assistant clinical professor, Keck USC School of Medicine: Not really. Listen, it's something that affects brain function profoundly. People that are on drugs don't do things, don't think – even when they are mildly intoxicated, if somebody is truly an addict, people don't understand the fact – the common public sort of understanding isn't the understanding that the drug – that the thinking associated with addiction is profoundly affected. Thinking is part – or disturbed thinking and thinking at the service of addiction – is part of the disease process.
Mel Gibson's Legal Mess. Can Mel Atone? presented by CNN, Showbiz Tonight, host Anderson Cooper, aired 2. August 2006

Maybe there are as many definitions of spiritual awakening as there are people who have them. But certainly each genuine one has something in common with all the others. […] When a man or a woman has a spiritual awakening, the most important meaning of it is that he has now become able to do, feel, and believe that which he could not do before on his unaided strength and resources alone. He has been granted a gift which amounts to a new state of consciousness and being. He has been set on a path which tells him he is really going somewhere, that life is not a dead end, not something to be endured or mastered. In a very real sense he has been transformed, because he has laid hold of a source of strength which, in one way or another, he had hitherto denied himself. He finds himself in possession of a degree of honesty, tolerance, unselfishness, peace of mind, and love of which he had thought himself quite incapable. What he has received is a free gift, and yet usually, at least in some small part, he has made himself ready to receive it. Alcoholics Anonymous, Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, first issued 1953, published by Alcoholics Anonymous Publishing Co., pp. 106-107, 1st edition, 10. February 2002

Since the White Male System / Addictive System defines itself as reality, everything else is unreal by definition. Since its referent is the external referent, the internal referent is unreal and nonexistent by definition. The process of invalidating that which the system does not know, understand, cannot measure, and cannot thereby control is so extreme that large areas of perception and knowledge are lost. We give the system the power to make the known unknown. Anne Wilson Schaef Livinginprocess.com, US American psychotherapist, feminist, addiction researcher

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This phrase urged people to cultural changes through the use of psychedelics and by detaching themselves from the existing conventions and hierarchies in society.

Like every great religion of the past we seek to find the divinity within and to express this revelation in a life of glorification and the worship of God. These ancient goals we define in the metaphor of the present — Turn on, tune in, drop out. (Calibrated at LoC 180.) Timothy Leary (1920-1996) US American influential psychologist, writer, advocate for research of psychedelic drugs, counterculture phrase in the 1960s, excerpted from a speech at the opening of a press conference, New York City, 19. September 1966

'Turn on' meant go within to activate your neural and genetic equipment. Become sensitive to the many and various levels of consciousness and the specific triggers that engage them. Drugs were one way to accomplish this end.
'Tune in' meant interact harmoniously with the world around you – externalize, materialize, express your new internal perspectives.
'Drop out' suggested an elective, selective, graceful process of detachment from involuntary or unconscious commitments.
'Drop out' meant self-reliance, a discovery of one's singularity, a commitment to mobility, choice, and change. Unhappily my explanations of this sequence of personal development were often misinterpreted to mean 'Get stoned and abandon all constructive activity'. Timothy Leary (1920-1996) US American influential psychologist, writer, advocate for research of psychedelic drugs, Flashbacks (autobiography), 1983

It takes the average smoker 8 to 10 times before he is able to quit successfully. Steven A. Schroeder, M.D., US American director of the Smoking Cessation Leadership Center, UCSF

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Release from addiction (LoC calibrations chart) according to D. Hawkins

Addictions and healing addictions

LoC	Addiction related issue	Legend
80-100	Most drugs	Some drugs calibrate lower than this range.
150	Antidrug program of USA	It is an ineffective program as it wastes time, ressources and money.
300-600	Drug induced peak experiences	High states
350	Required consciousness level to set the healing of addiction in motion
540 (575)	Selfhelp groups of those who admit their addiction applying 12 step programs The best known selfhelp group is the Anonymous Alcoholics	Offering the only profound approach for healing addictions, AA is known to D. Hawkins and recommended by him. Healing is issued by the group field. Those who retreat too soo may experience a relapse.
560+	Sponsor / main mentor of AA selfhelp group	Somewhat above the average level of consciousness of a healing group field
550-600	*A Course in Miracles*	ACIM is a consciousness expanding book course that can be studied individually or in a group.

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The Twelve-step program (AA)

Twelve steps to resolve addiction
Step–No.	General description	Personalized expression
Step 1	Admit that you are powerless over your addiction (that your life has become unmanageable).	“I admit I am powerless over the ego – so that my life has become unmanageable.“
Step 2	Believe that a Power greater than yourself could restore you to sanity.	“I came to believe that a Power greater than myself could restore me to sanity.”
Step 3	Make a decision to turn your will and your life over to the care of God as you understand God.	“I make a decision to turn my will and my life over to the care of God as I understand Him.”
Step 4	Make a searching and fearless moral inventory of yourself.	“I make a searching and fearless moral inventory of myself.”
Step 5	Admit to God, to yourself and to another human being the exact nature of your wrongs.	“I admit to God, to myself, and to another human being the exact nature of my wrongs.”
Step 6	Be entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.	“I am entirely ready to have God remove all of these defects of character.”
Step 7	Humbly ask God to remove your shortcomings.	“I humbly ask Him to remove my shortcomings.”
Step 8	Make a list of all persons you have harmed, and become willing to make amends to them all.	“I make a list of all the persons I have harmed, and become willing to make amends to them all.“
Step 9	Make direct amends to those people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.	“I make direct amends to those people whenever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.”
Step 10	Continue to take a personal inventory and when you are wrong promptly admit it.	“I continue to take personal inventory and when I am wrong, promptly admit it.”
Step 11	Seek through prayer and meditation to improve your conscious contact with God as you understand God, pray only for knowledge of God’s will for you and the power to carry that out.	“I seek through prayer and meditation to improve my conscious contact with God as I understand Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.“
Step 12	After you have had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, you carry this message to other addicts, and practice these principles in all your affairs.	“I have a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, I carry this message to others and practice these principles in all my affairs.”

Referenced by D. Hawkins,
Sedona Seminar Enlightenment, 3 DVD set, August 2003
Twelve Steps to Enlightenment, adapted from AA’s 12 Step program

Whatever problem you have in life, if you apply the 12 Steps to it, that will solve it. (Calibrates as true.)
D. Hawkins, Prescott Seminar Spirituality: Reason and Faith, 3 DVD set, 26. January 2008

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Serenity Prayer

God, grant me the grace and humility and serenity
to accept the things I cannot change,
courage to change the things I can,
and wisdom to know the difference.

Source: Reinhold Niebuhr, US American theologist, philosopher, politic scientist, issued possibly 1941/42
Full English version of the Serenity Prayer of the AA [Alcoholics Anonymous]

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Sex- und Romanzensucht (engl.) / Sex and Romance Addiction – Dr. Brenda Schaeffer

LOVE is not a dependency, not a feeling, not a mental thought, not a behavior role, not romance, not a relationship, not a biochemical response, not sex, and not something we can earn or learn. […] Love is a real energy in us, below us and above us that enhances life. And and sex can be a part of it. Brenda Schaeffer, M.A.L.P., US American psychologist, addiction therapist, author

Happily ever after isn’t [achieved with]in six months. It's a long term process. It's about maturing. It's about you. Know living through the hardships and the hard times and having enough heart in the relationship to go through those tough times. Brenda Schaeffer, M.A.L.P., US American psychologist, addiction therapist, author

Healthy love is an inside job rather than looking outside of ourselves to satisfy our hunger for security, sensation, power, identity, belonging. We need to be able to become a really loving, compassionate parent to ourselves. Brenda Schaeffer, M.A.L.P., US American psychologist, addiction therapist, author

Today we confuse love with 'in love'. Brenda Schaeffer, M.A.L.P., US American psychologist, addiction therapist, author

The newness of the amerous falling in love stage is temporary. It lasts […] about four months in adolescence and six months in an adult relationship. Brenda Schaeffer, M.A.L.P., US American psychologist, addiction therapist, author

Romeo and Juliet died for […] obsessive love, and many stories are based on that mythology. Brenda Schaeffer, M.A.L.P., US American psychologist, addiction therapist, author

I do distinguish between SEX, ROMANCE and LOVE because they do affect different parts of the brain. […] The addictive process […] becomes a biochemical addiction or dependency. We have three neuro pathways in our brains that help us feel aroused, satiated and have a rich fantasy life. […] They’ll start getting urges to have more sex, to look for another romance, because these romance chemicals are waning […] It moves to a biological chemical and not a chemical dependency. […] Many of the love addicts perpetuate the same patterns over and over and over. Brenda Schaeffer, M.A.L.P., US American psychologist, addiction therapist, author

Hint: Sash.org Schaeffer recommends this website to assess sex and romance addiction.

Audio interview with Brenda Schaeffer, M.A.L.P., US American certified addiction specialist, spiritual psychologist, on Is it love or addiction?, presented by web radio station Personal Life Media, program Sex, love, and intimacy, episode 13, host Chip August, 48:22 minutes duration

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Index: Sucht / Addiction – Bücher von D. Hawkins

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Index: Audio- und Videomedien (engl.) von und mit D. Hawkins

Video presentation, Archival Office Visit Series Drug Addiction and Alcoholism, B-1, 1 DVD, 1986

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Note on Shangri-La (LoC 625):

Once the person has experienced these sublime states [of i.e. a near death experience NDE] their life is totally transformed. The movie "Lost Horizon" depicts those extremely well.
If you see the movie Lost Horizon [according to a novel by British author James Hilton, 1933] you will understand drugs and alcohol. [O]nce the person has experienced Shangri-La and he tries to go back to the world, the world of 220 has no longer has any appeal. […] And in that movie the main character […] desires to get back to that state of Shangri-La. (Shangri-La calibrates at about LoC 625, a very addicting state of consciousness, once experienced.) So he [the main character] gives up everything in the world to go back to that state. In respect to drugs and alcohol that is exactly what you are going to do. […] You will give up anything and everything in order to get back in that state of consciousness. […] In the end this state requires that you’ll risk and give up your body. […] You're going to say yes to it. Now we know what we are addicted to.

Videopräsentation Consciousness and Addiction, Volume Serie |I, anlässlich der First International Conference on Consciousness and Addiction, organisiert von Dr. Willis Harman, Direktor des Institute of Noetic Sciences, 3 CD/DVD-Set, 1987
Hörprobe (engl.)
12 Steps to Enlightenment, Kommentare von David R. Hawkins zum 12 Schritte-Programm auf dem Weg zur Erleuchtung (ca. ab 2. Drittel der Seite) Sedona Seminar Enlightenment, 3 DVD set, August 2003 Deleted
Dr. D. Hawkins, Consciousness and Addiction, Video-Seminar Teil 1 von 2, Institute for Advanced Spiritual Research, 11:48 minutes duration, Google Video, posted 24. September 2008 Deleted
Dr. D. Hawkins, Consciousness and Addiction, Video-Seminar Teil 2 von 2, Institute for Advanced Spiritual Research, 1:37:47 duration, Google Video posted 24. September 2008 Deleted
Video Cottonwood Seminar Spiritual Life in Today's World, 3 DVD set, 16. October 2010 – YouTube film, Dr David R. Hawkins on smoking, 2:03 minutes duration, posted by rezzmanful 14. April 2011

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Literatur

Arno Gruen (*1923) deutsch-schweizerischer Psychologe, Psychoanalytiker, Schriftsteller, Der Verrat am Selbst. Die Angst vor Autonomie bei Mann und Frau, Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, Neuauflage, 1. Januar 1992
Christina Grof, Sehnsucht nach Ganzheit. Der spirituelle Weg aus der Abhängigkeit, Kösel Verlag, 1. März 1994
Anne Wilson Schaef, Im Zeitalter der Sucht. Wege aus der Abhängigkeit, Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, 5. Auflage, 1997

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Literatur (engl.)

J.R. (Randy) Richmond, US American former publisher, Human Design consultant, former addict, recovering of alcoholism, mental patient of Dr. David Hawkins, AA program participant, Sedona resident, David R. Hawkins (Foreword), Elvia Acuna (Translator), Bette Jean Cundiff (Cover Design), Side by Side. The Twelve Steps and A Course in Miracles, BookSurge Publishing, 1st issue, 1987, Paperback, reprint, 12. August 2009
Bill Wilson, Language of the Heart. Bill W's Grapevine Writings, Grapevine, October 1988
Christina Grof, The Thirst for Wholeness. Attachment, Addiction, and the Spiritual Path, Harper Collins, 12. September 1994
Dr. Brenda Schaeffer, certified addiction specialist, doctor in spiritual psychology, Is It Love or Is It Addiction?, Hazelden, 2nd edition, 10. October 1997
William L. White, Slaying the Dragon. The History of Addiction Treatment and Recovery in America, Lighthouse Training Institute, 1st edition, March 1998
Dr. David F. Musto, Creating the American Disease. Origins of Narcotic Control, Oxford University Press, USA, 3rd edition, 22. April 1999
Terry Burnham, Jay Phelan, Mean Genes. From Sex to Money to Food. Taming Our Primal Instincts, Penguin, 1st edition, 28. August 2001
Alcoholics Anonymous, Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, first issued 1953, published by Alcoholics Anonymous Publishing Co., 1st edition, 10. February 2002
Caroline Jean Acker, Creating the American Junkie. Addiction Research in the Classic Era of Narcotic Control, The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1st edition, 29. March 2002
Kevin McCauley, M.D., US American addiction researcher and therapist, Cory A. Reich, Ph.D., coauthor, Addiction. New Understanding; Fresh Hope; Real Healing, Institute for Addiction Study, 1st edition, 4. June 2007
David E. Schoen, LCSW, MSSW, US American Jungian analyst, New Orleans, Louisiana, The War of the Gods in Addiction. C.G. Jung, Alcoholics Anonymous, and Archetypal Evil, Spring Journal Inc., 1st edition 27. August 2009
Referring to the correspondence between Swiss psychiatrist C.G. Jung and and one of the founders of Alcoholics Anonymous, Bill W., a Jungian take on why the 12 Steps work, proposes an original, groundbreaking, psychodynamic view of addiction
Gabor Maté, M.D.drgabormate.com (*1944) Hungarian-Canadian addiction expert, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts. Close Encounters with Addiction, M.D.Knopf, Canada, 12. February 2008, issued in USA 5. January 2010

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Externe Weblinks

Wikipedia-Einträge 12-Schritte-Programme, Anonyme Alkoholiker (AA), Cenacolo, Gnade, Selbsthilfegruppe, Sucht,

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Wikipedia entries 12 step program

Sexual Addiction Screening Test, Sexhelp.com
Vance Ferrell, You can quit Alcohol, Harvestime Books; mit Bezug auf Dr. Hawkins' Multi-Vitamin-Gaben-Studien mit schizophrenen Alkoholikern, S. 21-22
Twelve Steps Metaphysics, Scalar-is.com, mit Zitaten aus Power vs Force
Conny Larsson, author of Behind the Clown's Mask, The internationalisation of cults – a danger to human rights in Europe?, describing a 31-year long journey in two Indian cults, presented at FECRIS (FECRIS = Fédération Européenne des Centres de Recherche et d‘Information sur le Sectarisme European Federation of Centres Research and Information on Sectarianism) Conference, Brussels, Saturday, 25, March 2006
Brain Scan Pictures – Shocking Effects of Alcohol, Cigarettes and Caffeine On The Brain, presented by Dr. Daniel G. Amen, professor of psychiatry-and human behaviour at the University of California, Irvine, author of bestseller Change Your Brain, Change Your Life, 5. May 2009

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Audio- und Videolinks

Addiction Clip, Filmsequenz (engl.) aus What the Bleep do we know?! zum Suchtthema, sh. auch Filme
TV Dokumentation Sucht – ein prozesshaftes Geschehen, Teil 1 von 3, über soziale Suchtfaktoren und biochemische Veränderungen im Gehirn, präsentiert vom TV-Sender ZDF, Originaltitel Sucht eine gefährliche Leidenschaft, Herbert Biber, Millennium TV, YouTube Film, 10:00 Minuten Dauer, eingestellt 8. Juni 2009
- Sucht – ein prozesshaftes Geschehen, Teil 2 von 3, 10:00 Minuten Dauer
- Sucht – ein prozesshaftes Geschehen, Teil 3 von 3, Minuten Dauer

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Video interview with Timothy Francis Leary (1920-1996) US American psychologist, DON'T TAKE LSD... (V 0.2.1), CBC documentary How To Go Out of Your Mind: The LSD Crisis, filmed 1966, YouTube film, 10:05 minutes duration, posted 25. May 2010
Timothy Leary: We always have urged people: Don't take LSD unless you are very well prepared, unless you are specifically prepared to go out of your mind. Don't take it unless you have someone that's very experienced with you to guide you through it. And don't take it unless you are ready to have your perspective on yourself and your life radically changed, because you're gonna be a different person, and you should be ready to face this possibility.
Addiction Clip, excerpted from movie What the Bleep do we know?! See also Filme
Video interview with Dr. Abram Hoffer (1917-2009) Canadian psychiatrist, addiction expert, on Interview, presented by Community Addiction Recovery Association Intl. (CARA), Sacramento, 27.-29. September 2007, YouTube film, 9:31 minutes duration, posted 21. February 2008
On addiction, Depression, AA, Bill W., Niacin, Linus Pauling, orthomolecular medicine, his colleague Dr. David Hawkins who had successfully treated schizophrenic alcoholice with Niacin (minute 6:40)
Video presentation by Dr. Stanislav Grof, Addiction. The Transpersonal View, 'Transpersonal Conversations' series, YouTube film, 3:28 minutes duration, posted 8. May 2008
You cannot get enough of what you don't really want or need.
Video interview with Eliza Duncan, addiction expert, Overcoming and Understanding Addiction, Living Smart #301, Houston PBS, host Patricia Gras, Google video, 26:51 minutes duration, posted 2. November 2007
Video Eight-part series of presentations excerpted from the DVD "Pleasure Unwoven" on the topic Addiction by Kevin McCauley, M.D., The Institute For Addiction Study, US American addiction researcher, YouTube film
- 1. Is Addiction Really a Disease?, 2:24 minutes duration, posted 6. December 2009
- 2. The Choice Argument, 4:15 minutes duration, posted 26. November 2009
- 3. The Genetics of Addiction, 1:44 minutes duration, posted 26. November 2009
- 4. Dopamine's Role in Reward, 3:32 minutes duration, posted 4. November 2009
- 5. Periodic Table of Intoxicants, 3:17 minutes duration, posted 24. October 2009
- 6. Dopamine & Glutamate in Addiction, 2:25 minutes duration, 24. October 2009
- 7. Stress & Addiction, 3:24 minutes duration, 18. September 2010
- 8. Hypofrontality in addiction, 4:56 minutes duration, posted 24. January 2010
Audio presentation by Caroline Myss, spiritual teacher on Addiction, excerpted from audio series Advanced Energy Anatomy. The Science of Co-Creation and Your Power of Choice, YouTube film, posted 4./5. October 2010
- The Addict – Language of the Archetypes part 1 of 9, 5:41 minutes duration
- The Addict – Defining Addiction part 2 of 9, 9:21 minutes duration
- The Addict – Profound Power of Will part 3 of 9, 10:11 minutes duration
- The Addict – The Challenge of Congruency part 3 of 9, 9:23 minutes duration
- The Addict – Addictions of the Ego part 5 of 9, 9:58 minutes duration
- The Addict – Addictions of the Ego part 6 of 9, 9:58 minutes duration
- The Addict – The Saboteur in Addiction part 7 of 9, 9:58 minutes duration
- The Addict – The Saboteur in Addiction * Powerlessness and Surrender part 8 of 9, 5:27 minutes duration
- The Addict – The Saboteur in Addiction * Powerlessness and Surrender part 9 of 9, 10:32 minutes duration
Video presentation by Nora Volkow, director National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health (NIH) since May 2003 on Why Addicts Shouldn’t be Criminalized, presented by Big Think, Transcript, 43:36 minutes duration, posted 27. November 2009
Drug addiction is a disease of the human brain.
Video presentation Dopamine and Addiction by Two Researchers, presented by Your Brain On Porn, submitted by Gary Wilson 2. December 2010
Short clips on Dopamine by Nora Volkow, director National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Adam Kopecs'
Video presentation by Kevin McCauley, M.D., The Institute For Addiction Study, US American addiction researcher and therapist, YouTube film, posted 15. March 2010
- Going to the Edge of Current Neuroscience of Addiction, part 1 of 10, 10:00 minutes duration
- Going to the Edge of Current Neuroscience of Addiction, part 2 of 10, 10:00 minutes duration
- Going to the Edge of Current Neuroscience of Addiction, part 3 of 10, 9:25 minutes duration
- Going to the Edge of Current Neuroscience of Addiction, part 4 of 10, 10:00 minutes duration
- Going to the Edge of Current Neuroscience of Addiction, part 5 of 10, 10:00 minutes duration
- Going to the Edge of Current Neuroscience of Addiction, part 6 of 10, 9:03 minutes duration
- Going to the Edge of Current Neuroscience of Addiction, part 7 of 10, 10:00 minutes duration
- Going to the Edge of Current Neuroscience of Addiction, part 8 of 10, 10:00 minutes duration
  Addiction is a dysregulation of the midbrain-dopamine and cortical-glutamate (pleasure) system due to unmanaged stress resulting in symptoms of decreased functioning specifically: 1. Loss of control, 2. Craving, 3. Persistent drug use despite negative consequences. minute 6:29
  The midbrain is the unconscious, primitive, reflexive survival-based limbic system.
- Going to the Edge of Current Neuroscience of Addiction, part 9 of 10, 8:37 minutes duration
- Going to the Edge of Current Neuroscience of Addiction, part 10 of 10, 3:49 minutes duration
Video Six-part series of interviews with Marion Woodman (*1928) Canadian Jungian feminist, writer, Dancingintheflames.com, The Conscious Feminine, filmed over a period of four years, produced by Principia Productions, Lael McCall and Marlene Schiwy, YouTube film, 2:56 minutes duration, posted by FirstNationsFilms 31. December 2010

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Audio- und Videolinks (engl.) – Gabor Maté M.D.

Video presentation by Gabor Maté M.D. (*1944) Hungarian-Canadian addiction expert, on Brain Development and Addiction, DVD, YouTube film, 1:04:26 duration, posted 23. February 2009
Food will increase one's dopamine levels 50%.
Sex will increase one's dopamine levels 100%.
Cocaine will increase one's dopamine levels by 300%.
Methamphetamine (chrystal meth) will increase one's dopamine levels by 1200.
None of the drugs (including nicotine and caffeine) can "cause" addictions.
Video interview with Gabor Maté, M.D. drgabormate.com (*1944) Hungarian-Canadian addiction expert, author of In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts. Close Encounters with Addiction (2008), Close Encounters with Addiction, presented by TalkingStick TV, YouTube film, recorded Seattle, 16. January 2010, 27:55 minutes duration, posted 22. January 2010
Video presentation by Gabor Maté M.D. (*1944) Hungarian-Canadian addiction expert, author of In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts. Close Encounters with Addiction (2008) on In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts. Close Encounters with Addiction, presented at Reed College in Portland, Oregon, USA, Students for Sensible Drug Policy, filmed by Book CSPAN2 TV, 1:44:50 duration, 12. February 2010
Video presentation by Gabor Maté, M.D. (*1944) Hungarian-Canadian addiction expert, Forgive US, We Know Not What We do, presented by Simon Fraser University (SFU) Department of Criminology, YouTube film
- Addictions & Corrections, part 1 of 2, 45:09 minutes duration, posted 1. March 2011
- Addictions & Corrections, part 2 of 2, 1:30:50 duration, posted 9. March 2011
  Panel presentations, discussion, Q&A
Audio presentation by Gabor Maté, M.D. (*1944) Hungarian-Canadian addiction expert, author of In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, The Human Face of Addictive Behavior, MP3, presented by web radio station Big Ideas, 53:37 minutes duration, 24. November 2011
Video presentation by Gabor Maté, M.D. (*1944) Hungarian-Canadian addiction expert, Who We Are When We Are Not Addicted: The Possible Human, Vancouver, B.C., recorded 9. January 2012, YouTube film, 59:19 minutes duration, posted 12. January 2012
Launch of workshop series Beyond Addiction: The Yogic Path to Recovery

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Audio- und Videolinks (engl.) – Alcohol addiction; Bill Wilson and J.R. (Randy) Richmond

Video presentation by Bill Wilson, US American co-founder of AA, narrating on Bill Wilson's Story, YouTube film
- Bill Wilson's Story, part 1 of 8, with corroboration by Lois Wilson, 7:30 minutes duration, posted 6. November 2008
- Bill Wilson's Story, part 2 of 8, 8:05 minutes duration, posted 6. November 2008
- Bill Wilson's Story, part 3 of 8, 7:30 minutes duration, posted 6. November 2008
- Bill Wilson's Story, part 4 of 8, 7:37 minutes duration, posted 6. November 2008
- Bill Wilson's Story, part 5 of 8, 8:30 minutes duration, posted 6. November 2008
- Bill Wilson's Story, part 6 of 8, 6:05 minutes duration, posted 6. November 2008
- Bill Wilson's Story, part 7 of 8, 5:00 minutes duration, posted 7. November 2008
- Bill Wilson's Story, part 8 of 8, 4:47 minutes duration, posted 7. November 2008
Video interview with J.R. (Randy) Richmond, US American former publisher, Human Design System consultant, recovered alcoholic, mental patient of Dr. David Hawkins, AA program participant, ACIM teacher in Sedona, author of Side by Side. The Twelve Steps and A Course in Miracles, Human Design, Bill Wilson – Dr. David Hawkins, part 2 of 2, interviewer Pat Barber aka happyhandyman, YouTube film, 9:50 minutes duration, posted 29. December 2009

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Audio- und Videolinks (engl.) – Sex addiction; Patrick Carnes

Video interview with Patrick Carnes Ph.D., Sexhelp.com, addiction expert, YouTube clips on
- Addiction Is an Epidemic, 1:43 minutes duration, 25. January 2010
- Why Are 12 Steps So Effective?, 2:25 minutes duration, 24. January 2010
- Are Addicts Bad People?, 1:39 minutes duration, 24. January 2010
- What are the Causes of Addiction?, 3:24 minutes duration, 24. January 2010
- Addiction and Excellence, 1:45 minutes duration, 24. January 2010
- At What Point Does Behavior Constitute Addiction?, 2:32 minutes duration, 24. January 2010
- Internet's Role in the Spread of Sex Addiction, 2:43 minutes duration, 24. January 2010
- Chemical Addiction vs. Process/Behavioral Addiction , 3:00 minutes duration, 24. January 2010
- What Is Addiction?, 2:10 minutes duration, 24. January 2010
  Addiction is a brain disease.
- Public Awareness of Sex Addiction, 3:46 minutes duration, 24. January 2010
- CEOs and Addiction, 2:20 minutes duration, 24. January 2010
- What is the Family's Role in Addiction Recovery, 1:21 minutes duration, 25. January 2010
Video interview with Patrick Carnes Ph.D. C.A.S., leading US American sex addiction specialist on Addictive society, sex addiction, Internet Porn, YouTube film, posted 4. June 2010
Pine Grove Hospital, Hattisburg, Mississippi, USA offers a 6-week residential program (30-task-model) for addiction treatment.
- Pine Grove's Gentle Path, part 1 of 3, 7:35 minutes duration
- Pine Grove's Gentle Path, part 2 of 3, 6:51 minutes duration
- Pine Grove's Gentle Path, part 3 of 3, 7:29 minutes duration

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Audio- und Videolinks (engl.) – Internet pornography addiction; Dr. Gail Dines

Video interview with Gail Dines, US American professor of sociology and women's studies, Wheelock College, Boston, anti-pornography campaigner, author of Pornland. How Porn has hijacked Our Sexuality, 29. June 2010 on Pornland, YouTube film, 11:54 minutes duration, posted 6. August 2010
Video interview with Gail Dines, US American professor of sociology and women's studies, Wheelock College, Boston, anti-pornography campaigner, on Crusade Against Porn, sponsored by Book TV, presented by MOXNews.com, C-SPAN2, 4. September 2010, YouTube film, posted 6. September 2010
Social and cultural impact of pornography in American society. Boys first view porn at the average age of 11.5 years resulting in an unhealthy understanding of sexuality.
- One Woman's Crusade Against Porn, part 1 of 3, 13:24 minutes duration
- One Woman's Crusade Against Porn, part 2 of 3, 14:48 minutes duration
- One Woman's Crusade Against Porn, part 3 of 3, 6:58 minutes duration
Video interview with Gail Dines, US American professor of sociology and women's studies, Wheelock College, Boston, anti-pornography campaigner, on The pitfalls of porn, presented by AlJazeera English TV, host Riz Khan, YouTube film, 22:33 minutes duration, posted 16. September 2010
The global reach of explicit pornography via the internet creates addicts, desensitizes men and degrades, debases, dehumanizes and objectifies women.
Audio interview with Gail Dines, US American professor of sociology and women's studies, Wheelock College, Boston, anti-pornography campaigner, author of Pornland. How Porn has hijacked Our Sexuality, 29. June 2010 and Melinda Tankard Reist on Has porn hijacked our sexuality?, presented by web radio program ABC RN Late Night Live, host Phillip Adams, 55 minutes duration, aired 27. October 2010
One in five men who look at [ Internet ] pornography are [porn] addicted. Article in Adult Video News (pornography industry publication), minute 24:16.

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Audio- und Videolinks (engl.) – Internet pornography addiction; Gary Wilson et al.

Video documentation on Pornography addiction, a health hazard that western culture, written and directed by Jonathan Schneider, YouTube film
Internet pornography is NOT harmless. Interviews with sociologists, psychologists, scientists and law enforcement officials detail the negative side effects of pornography consumption.
- A Drug Called Pornography. Understanding, part 1 of 7, 6:59 minutes duration, posted 3. October 2007
- A Drug Called Pornography. Understanding, part 2 of 7, 6:02 minutes duration, posted 12. November 2007
- A Drug Called Pornography. Understanding, part 3 of 7, 6:59 minutes duration, posted 12. November 2007
- A Drug Called Pornography. Understanding, part 4 of 7, 8:06 minutes duration, posted 12. November 2007
- A Drug Called Pornography. Understanding, part 5 of 7, 9:28 minutes duration, posted 12. November 2007
- A Drug Called Pornography. Understanding, part 6 of 7, 8:44 minutes duration, posted 12. November 2007
- A Drug Called Pornography. Understanding, part 7 of 7, 6:58 minutes duration, posted 12. November 2007

Animated video series by Gary Wilson, US American science teacher, presented by BodyWisdomVideos on the relationship between pornography and brain circuits, YouTube animation, posted 6. June 2010
- Things You Didn't Know About Porn, part 1 of 3, 9:24 minutes duration
- Things You Didn't Know About Porn, part 2 of 3, 9:49 minutes duration
- Things You Didn't Know About Porn, part 3 of 3, 7:30 minutes duration
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Video presentation directed to Youth and Parents by Donald L. Hilton Jr., MD, neurological surgeon, on Pornography and its impact on the Brain, presented by SA Lifeline Foundation, YouTube film, 13:23 minutes duration, posted 8. September 2010

Video Series by Gary Wilson, US American science teacher, on Your Brain On Porn, YouTube films, posted 31. December 2010
- Orgasm and libido occur in the brain, part 1 of 2, 10:57 minutes duration
- Dopamine: molecule of addiction, part 2 of 6, 13:43 minutes duration
- Your Brain On Porn: Porn Addiction; no specific subtitle, part 3 of 6, 13:54 minutes duration
- Binge mechanism, part 4 of 6, 12:04 minutes duration
- Your Brain On Porn: Porn Addiction; no specific subtitle, part 5 of 6, 11:28 minutes duration
- Reboot: Restore reward circuit sensitivity, part 6 of 6, 7:06 minutes duration
Video presentation by Gary Wilson, US American science teacher on Erectile Dysfunction and Porn, YouTube film, presented by BodyWisdomVideos, posted 10. and 11. February 2011
Physiology of erections, ED, virtual overstimulation, recovery from Internet porn
Love is an addiction based on porn.
- Erectile Dysfunction and Porn, part 1 of 4, 12:46 minutes duration
- Erectile Dysfunction and Porn, part 2 of 4, 11:53 minutes duration
- Erectile Dysfunction and Porn, part 3 of 4, 12:46 minutes duration
- Erectile Dysfunction and Porn, part 4 of 4, 9:46 minutes duration

Audio interview series (4 parts) with Mark Kastleman, US American recovered pornography addict after 25 years, author of The Drug of the New Millennium. The Science of How Internet Pornography Radically Alters the Human Brain and Body, 2001, co-founder of Candeo, presented by web radio station Covenant Eyes Podcast, host Luke Gilkerson
- Your Brain on Porn – Interview with Mark Kastleman, episode 5, part 1, 17:11 minutes duration, aired 28. April 2009
- The Porn Addiction Cycle, episode 6, part 2, 16:03 minutes duration, aired 29. April 2009
- Pornography Addiction, Women, and the Rape Myth, episode 7, part 3, 20:43 minutes duration, aired 30. April 2009
- Protect Kids from Porn: Three Key Principles for Parents, episode 8, part 4, 13:34 minutes duration, aired 1. May 2009
Video interview with Mark Kastleman, US American recovered pornography addict, co-founder of Candeo, Adult Porn Can Lead to Child Porn, presented by PornHarms.com, interviewer Patrick Trueman, YouTube film, 4:19 minutes duration, posted 5. December 2010
Video interview with Mark Kastleman, US American recovered pornography addict, co-founder of Candeo, Porn, The Brain Science Behind Addiction, presented by PornHarms.com, interviewer Patrick Trueman, YouTube film, 6:37 minutes duration, posted 5. December 2010
Video presentation by and interview with Mark Kastleman, US American recovered pornography addict, co-founder of Candeo, Pornography Addiction Doesn't Have To Last Forever!, YouTube film, 17:50 minutes duration, posted 18. July 2011

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² Video presentation by Abram Hoffer, M.D. on Abram Hoffer, YouTube film, 9:31 minutes duration, 21. February 2008 on addiction, Bill W., AA, Niacin ⇑

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