Table of Contents
Dedication and Acknowledgments
In Memoriam
Abstract
Preface – Restoration of Interior Strength
(Eric A. Kreuter and Gregory Gilligan)
About the Authors and Collaborators
Foreword
(Sherry Reiter)
Introduction
(Kelly Serafini)
Book Review
(Kenneth M. Moltner)
Review Commentary
(Cathleen Olson, R. Kevin Douglas, and A. James Forbes, Jr.)
Chapter 1. Problem Statement
(Eric A. Kreuter)
Chapter 2. Commentary – Teaching and Counseling
(Scott Brenner)
Chapter 3. Writing as a Painter’s Canvas
(Christopher Hendrickson)
Chapter 4. Commentary
(Peter Goodstein)
Chapter 5. Commentary
(Laurie Doppman)
Chapter 6. Commentary
(Constance Knapp)
Chapter 7. Scott Birritella
Chapter 8. Ryan F. McNamee
Chapter 9. G. B.
Chapter 10. Gregory Gilligan
Chapter 11. Quentin McCarthy
Chapter 12. Anonymous I
Chapter 13. Christino H.
Chapter 14. S. R.
Chapter 15. S. H.
Chapter 16. M. N.
Chapter 17. D. B.
Chapter 18. E. D.
Chapter 19. J.
Chapter 20. Jason K.
Chapter 21. Donald Vitek
Chapter 22. Ramell S. Bohler
Chapter 23. Rodney Selby
Chapter 24. Russel Frigand
Chapter 25. Christopher Hendrickson
Chapter 26. Christopher Hendrickson and Nathaniel Longtin
Chapter 27. Nathaniel Longtin and Christopher Hendrickson
Chapter 28. Sherard Julian
Chapter 29. Anonymous C
Chapter 30. Robert M. Giardina
Chapter 31. Brian Clifford
Chapter 32. V. B.
Chapter 33. John Meade
Chapter 34. Eric Fernandez
Chapter 35. Anonymous D
Chapter 36. Aaron G.
Chapter 37. Justin Minolt
Chapter 38. David Axelrod
Chapter 39. Richard Mullaney
Chapter 40. Anonymous E
Chapter 41. Brett DeGregoria
Chapter 42. Anonymous F
Chapter 43. Stanley Gibson
Chapter 44. Nathaniel Longtin
Chapter 45. Jason Wager
Chapter 46. Brian Gamard
Chapter 47. Kenneth Castillo
Chapter 48. Thomas Pasquale
Chapter 49. Robert Spear
Chapter 50. Edward J. Dowd
Chapter 51. Richard Downey
Chapter 52. Thomas Dysard
Chapter 53. J. S.
Chapter 54. Ryan Clark
Chapter 55. Gregory Gallagher
Chapter 56. Timothy Taylor
Chapter 57. O.
Chapter 58. Clarence Downing
Chapter 59. Vito S.
Chapter 60. Gregory Gilligan
Chapter 61. Anonymous A
Chapter 62. Roger Casuso
Chapter 63. Jahn Xavier Bonfiglio
Chapter 64. Devin Fox (Part 1)
Chapter 65. Devin Fox (Part 2)
Chapter 66. Foxhole Prayer
Chapter 67. K. M
Chapter 68. Richard Jordan
Chapter 69. R. W.
Chapter 70. Joseph Bachini
Chapter 71. Trevor H.
Chapter 72. J. W.
Chapter 73. James Owens
Chapter 74. Brendan Rini
Chapter 75. Constantinos Doonan
Chapter 76. Nathaniel Longtin
Chapter 77. Trevor Hughes
Chapter 78. Anonymous C
Chapter 79. Sherard Julian
Chapter 80. Epilogue
(Eric A. Kreuter)
Books by Eric A. Kreuter
References
Index
Reviews
“I love this book which uses writing to honestly explore self-knowledge, to achieve optimal treatment for addictions. The spiritual component of honesty is key to the process of overcoming subconscious, involuntary, and defensive responses to addictive momentary euphoric experiences. We need to look beyond the (often genetically predisposed) self-deluding brain conditions. Statistically, 10-20% of our population is unknowingly predisposed to chronic, progressive, and eventually fatal addictions. The steepening of the slope of this progression varies, but on crossing the invisible line, symptoms become obsessive-compulsive, the brain deluding itself in its desperation for the substance. Addictions became treatable, as the pioneers developed the effective structure of AA and, later, the Minnesota Model. Carl Jung (1931), through his patient, Rowland H., first realized that psychiatry by itself, cannot help a person stop the perpetual relapses: ‘Align yourself with some spiritual movement! The structured choice of spiritual principles is the only way to heal these behaviors.’ Rowland H. and Bill W., later the founder of AA (1935), inspired the organization’s 12 Steps suggestions. Amazed, Jung received a letter from Bill (1961) thanking him for that advice. Jung responded: ‘Spiritus [alcohol]contra spiritum [genuine spirituality].’ As the brain of an addict causes loss of touch with truth, often due to shame in the conscious or subconscious, treatment needs to be at the earliest opportunity and be objective about the deluding condition. When an addict becomes ‘sick and tired of being sick and tired’ of themselves and the consequences of their behavior, the choice is to surrender or die in self-delusion. Through group validation, self-revelatory writing becomes an effective tool towards truth in treatment.” – Monica Getz, Founder of SCAA (Swedish Council on Alcoholism) and The Coalition for Family Justice, Irvington, NY
