Dual Selves
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- These truths about the dual self, the true self, the trance, and conflicting inner voices are timeless. Ancient spiritual traditions from all over the world, along with modern psychology, continually return to this phenomenon. In this chapter, I introduce you to your two selves in a very basic way, which you can filter through your religious faith or understand as simply a mechanism of human nature, as you see fit. I bring these concepts into the realm of addiction because they are on stark display wherever an addiction has staked its claim. Peele, Stanton. Recover! (p. 80). Hachette Books. Kindle Edition.
- Look at it this way: the very act of seeking addiction treatment—indeed, reading this book!—is evidence that your healthy life force has asserted itself. You made a decision based on your best instincts and desires for wellness and acted on them. This simple, obvious truth undermines the foundation of the standard recovery model, which requires you to embrace the idea that you will always make self-destructive decisions when left to your own devices. So let’s step briskly over this recovery mythology to explore how you can begin deliberately moving in the direction of true recovery. Peele, Stanton. Recover! (pp. 80-81). Hachette Books. Kindle Edition.
- See also: Douglas Braun-Harvey MA, MFT, CGP, CST, Michael A. Vigorito LMFT, LCPC, C. (2016). Treating Out of Control Sexual Behavior: Rethinking Sex Addiction. Springer Publishing Company.