Philosophy as a Way of Life for Addiction Recovery

Plessis, Guy Du

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“…14 I have previously suggested that PWL can be a compelling, and legitimate recovery pathway for individuals in addiction recovery, as one of many recovery pathways. 15 Considering that there is an ostensibly low efficacy rate for the treatment of addiction, articulating the value of PWL as a recovery pathway provides a conceptual and methodological framework for the development of novel philosophically-based addiction treatment and recovery-oriented programs--thus expanding the treatment and recovery options available for those seeking recovery from addiction. There are few books that promote the value of philosophy in addiction recovery, 16 and that fosters a conversation between philosophy and Twelve-step spirituality, 17 and Stoic and Buddhist philosophies have been applied within the context of addiction recovery.…”

Section: Friedrich Nietzsche -Thus Spoke Zarathustramentioning

confidence: 99%

“…18 But research that specifically argues for PWL (as articulated by Hadot) as a legitimate addiction recovery pathway has only recently been suggested. 19 I also suggest that LBT may be a particularly suitable intervention when challenging the unrealistic conclusions derived from illogical premises in practical reasoning that contribute to addiction, because it can contest irrational beliefs in a way that could mitigate the fragmentation anxiety that often arises when individuals relinquish maladaptive selfobject organizations.…”

Section: Friedrich Nietzsche -Thus Spoke Zarathustramentioning

confidence: 99%

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Will to Power: The Utility of Friedrich Nietzsche’s Moral Philosophy for Philosophical Counseling

Du Plessis

2024

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This article explores the utility of Nietzsche’s ethical thought for philosophical counselling. Central to the philosophical counseling process is philosophical counsellors applying the work of philosophers to inspire, educate, and guide their counselees in dealing with life problems. For example, Logic-Based Therapy (LBT), a method of philosophical counselling developed by Elliot Cohen, provides a rational framework for confronting problems of living, where the counselor helps the counselee find an uplifting philosophy that promotes a guiding virtue that acts as an antidote to unrealistic and often self-defeating conclusions derived from irrational premises. I present the argument that Nietzsche’s moral philosophy, and more specifically his analysis of suffering, is one such uplifting philosophy which can be of utility to philosophical counselors to help their counselees with confronting problems of living. According to Bernard Reginster, suffering forms the bedrock of Nietzsche's life-affirming concept of the will to power. Nietzsche’s notion of the will to power radically alters our conception and significance of suffering – and that the will to power is best understood as man’s desire for the activity of overcoming resistance. Nietzsche's analysis implies that the fundamental human impulse is not to avoid suffering, but instead to will nothing less than suffering itself. To find meaning in suffering is tantamount to affirming life itself.

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Section: Friedrich Nietzsche -Thus Spoke Zarathustramentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Friedrich Nietzsche -Thus Spoke Zarathustramentioning

confidence: 99%