Dissociation recognition at the stages updated and refreshed

We who have been caught in addiction will usually have to contend with plenty of dissociation. There will be a great deal of evidence for how our behaviour is destroying our life, but we will still continue to view these behaviours as our friends. We can do this by blaming our problems on other factors not connected with dysfunctional behaviour. From our point of view we drink too much or use drugs because of the problems in our life. Rather than viewing the dysfunction as our enemy we can see it as our only real friend. Examples of the outcome of dissociation in our life include:

* The idea that others who do not abuse alcohol or drugs are boring or in lacking character.
* The conviction that substance abuse is a sign of artistic depth.
* Holding the belief that people who give up an addiction experience a life of deprivation and that such individuals can never really be happy.
* We who can see how our substance abuse or behaviour is causing problems will also hold onto the idea that the good times will one day return.
* We have a conviction that life is miserable and the only comfort is alcohol and drugs. All these thinking patterns only rubber band us back into more dissociation escapist behaviour until we address these issues as part of our stages study course.

This form of dissociation is usually tied in with our ongoing denial patterns.We the fortunate ones eventually see through our first denial and decide that we have had enough. We feel we have hit our personal rock bottom and are ready to change our life. and instead of seeing the real problems of our recovery go in search of new dissociated practices to relieve our internal conflicts. The only current solution is to work through the ten stage study course which uncover the reasons why we persistently use differing addictive patterns to escape our childhood past,  and with the full use of the stages guides who with you can at last start to recognise some of the new patterns emerging that destroy our recoveries.

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