Integral recovery : a revolutionary approach to the treatment of alcoholism and addiction

313 Pages·2013·7.4 MB·English

by  Dupuy

Integral Recovery
SUNY Series in Integral Theory
————
Sean Esbjörn-Hargens, editor
Integral Recovery
A Revolutionary Approach to the
Treatment of Alcoholism and Addiction
JoHN DUpUY
ee
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Dupuy, John, 1956–
Integral recovery : a revolutionary approach to the treatment of alcoholism and
addiction / John Dupuy.
p. cm. — (Excelsior editions)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-4384-4613-4 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN 978-1-4384-4614-1 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1. Alcoholism—Treatment. 2. Substance abuse—Treatment. 3. psychotherapy.
I. Title.
RC565.D87 2013
616.86'0651—dc23 2012017396
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Contents
Illustrations vii
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction Why Another Book on Recovery from Addiction? 1
Chapter 1 Recovery from What? 15
Chapter 2 The Integral Map 31
Chapter 3 Stages and Spiral Dynamics 41
Chapter 4 Working the Lines 65
Chapter 5 Integrating Healthy States of Consciousness 83
Chapter 6 Understanding Types 93
Chapter 7 Bringing It All Together: Integral Recovery
Treatment 103
Chapter 8 Building the Body 115
Chapter 9 Transforming the Brain 127
Chapter 10 Healing the Emotions and the power of
the Shadow 147
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Chapter 11 Healing the Spirit 159
Chapter 12 practice and the path to Mastery 175
Chapter 13 The Family Component 197
Chapter 14 Relapse Begins When You Stop practicing 209
Afterword 225
Appendix 1 on Becoming an Integral Treatment provider 229
Appendix 2 Integral Recovery and the Greater Field of
Addiction Treatment 237
Appendix 3 Integral Recovery: An AQAL Approach to Inpatient
Alcohol and Drug Treatment (A Case Study) 241
Appendix 4 Integral Recovery Twelve Steps 267
Notes 269
References 285
Index 291
Illustrations
Figure 1. The Four Quadrants 33
Figure 2. Four-Quadrant Treatment Assessment 36
Figure 3. Four-Quadrant Treatment plan 39
Figure 4. Levels/Stages of Moral Development 44
Figure 5. Integral Spiral of Development 47
Figure 6. Brainwave States 85
Figure 7. The Enneagram 96
Figure 8. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs pyramid 161
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Acknowledgments
It is a pleasure to be able to publicly thank and honor those who made
me possible, and those who made the writing of this book possible. First,
I would like to acknowledge my parents. When I was in graduate school,
we did three quarters of group therapy, and during that process I claimed
that I had really good parents and that all my personal problems were
my own. My fellow students all thought I was in denial, but that’s my
story and I’m sticking to it. I love you, Mom and Dad.
I want to give thanks to my wife, pam, who gave me the time and
space to write this book—see, I told you! And thank you to Heidi Mitch-
ell, my assistant, who fell in love with this project early on and became
my constant confidante, editor, support person, and mirror. Toward the
end of the writing of this book, I would pace the floor and dictate to
Heidi, and the atmosphere of trust, humor, and intelligence that was
generated in our working together is something I will always be grateful
for. And I want to do it again, Heidi.
Thank you to all my family members; my brothers, Rick and Frank;
my children, John and Tina; and my beloved nephews, Romeo and Adri-
an. You have all been life shapers. Thank you, Adrian, for your courage,
and thank you Romeo for all the tears and laughter.
I give thanks to all my Integral friends and teachers, starting, of
course, with Ken Wilber for punching a big fat whole in the universe
that the rest of us could follow you through. To Marco Morelli, thank
you for helping to organize my thoughts early on. You are the kick in the
pants that I needed. Thank you to Dennis Wittrock, Leslie Hershberger,
David Riordan, Jennifer Walton, Diane Hamilton, Shawn phillips, Dr.
Adam Gorman, and Brother David Stendl-Rast (for healing my broken
Christian heart; the hug did go back forty years). And thank you to Dr.
Kevin McCauley for your pioneering work in helping us to understand
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