Rageaholics Anonymous
As most of you know, I've started checking out OA, and I have fallen in love with the camaraderie that these 12-step programs embody.
One of the ideas is that certain people have an allergy to alcohol / food / etc. That concept never quite jived with me. After some thoughts, I realized that it didn't jive because an allergy always meant an adverse outwardly viewable physical reaction. The concept that these 12-step programs propagate is an adverse non-visible reaction. In this theory, the allergy trigger a "cravings" mode in the mind and body. The craving is, in fact, a reaction. That idea makes much more sense with my own cravings for candy and soda as I go on and off these "drugs of choice." Once I get a certain amount of sugar, I have physical and mental reactions to it as described above.
I didn't know these programs existed for so many different, interesting topics. There exist 12-step programs for: different drugs, sex and eating. On a whim, I googled "rageaholic anon" after hearing the phrase. I found this great article: How to Stop Losing your Life to Anger on a "Rage Anon" site. The author related to anger as an addictive drug. Again, similar concepts of allergies and abstinence apply. Is anger the newest drug? Or is anger release and management the newest frontier for 12-step programs? What other frontiers might profit by community-driven mental therapy? Got any suggestions? Thoughts?
One of the ideas is that certain people have an allergy to alcohol / food / etc. That concept never quite jived with me. After some thoughts, I realized that it didn't jive because an allergy always meant an adverse outwardly viewable physical reaction. The concept that these 12-step programs propagate is an adverse non-visible reaction. In this theory, the allergy trigger a "cravings" mode in the mind and body. The craving is, in fact, a reaction. That idea makes much more sense with my own cravings for candy and soda as I go on and off these "drugs of choice." Once I get a certain amount of sugar, I have physical and mental reactions to it as described above.
I didn't know these programs existed for so many different, interesting topics. There exist 12-step programs for: different drugs, sex and eating. On a whim, I googled "rageaholic anon" after hearing the phrase. I found this great article: How to Stop Losing your Life to Anger on a "Rage Anon" site. The author related to anger as an addictive drug. Again, similar concepts of allergies and abstinence apply. Is anger the newest drug? Or is anger release and management the newest frontier for 12-step programs? What other frontiers might profit by community-driven mental therapy? Got any suggestions? Thoughts?
posted by Mark Berry at
1:22 PM
2 Comments:
What about ignorami anonymous? I think that there is a certain segment of the population that needs to come to the terms with the fact that they are just plain stupid.
LOL! - hahahah....
That's funny.
On a related eating note, I was sitting in a coffee shop this morning eating donuts and chocolate milk. I looked out over the street out the window.
And I realized that if I was leisurely smoking pot or snorting cocaine the way I was eating all that sugar, I'd be thrown in jail right now. It's amazing how much more protected and allowed all that sugar is as opposed to "illegal drugs." It's a bit frustrating - no wonder nobody has the self-control to eat right?!!
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