"Positive Psychology" is the new hot term in psychology. And, with good reason, because it is an awesome thing to have. Positive psychology is the scientific study of what makes life most worth living. By understanding positive psychology, we can apply it to our lives to optimize our well-being and happiness. But, it has special significance for recovery from addiction.
EVERYBODY's life has the capacity to be beautiful. Everybody's. And it's not based on money or material things; it's based on positive psychology.
Positive psychology lies at the basis of recovery from addiction or alcoholism, because addiction by nature puts people in a state of extreme negative psychology, and no one will ever successfully break free unless they move to a state of positive psychology. In this article, we will explore exactly what that means, and how someone can do this.
What is "Positive Psychology?"
Even the term "positive psychology" sounds awesome. The first time I heard it, I thought Cool! I don't know what that is, but I want it! And it's true. Science has studied and proven the effect of positive psychology on physical and mental health, as well as quality of life and overall well-being. However, it's especially potent for helping people to lose the desire and the need to use drugs and alcohol.
There are all kinds of definitions of positive psychology, but I like to look at it as the power of the mind to give a person resilience and hardiness. This imbues people with reduced vulnerability to adversity and a basis to thrive and grow.
Even before the term "positive psychology" was first used, around the year 2000, the principles were in use for many years, especially for overcoming hardship, such as in post-traumatic growth.
There are three aspects to positive psychology that contribute to its impressive effects on health and well-being. To the active addict or alcoholic, these sound impossibly out of reach, but bear with me, because I will tell you exactly how even the most far-gone addict/alcoholic can achieve these and find sobriety. The three aspects are: 1) a sense of coherence, 2) optimism and benefit-finding and 3) post-traumatic
growth. We will discuss each of these three components shortly.
The absence of drinking or using is not recovery
Anyone who has been caught in an addiction - and anyone who reads my website - will know that recovery is not the mere absence of drinking or using. Otherwise, we would "just stop" once we see that our drinking or using is causing our lives to fall apart. There comes a point where drinking or using is no longer about the drug or drink... we drink or use because we can't cope with life.
If we just stop using or drinking we are still left with the inability to cope with life, and all the unbearable emotions that came along with our addiction behavior: the guilt, shame, remorse, and anger, to name a few.
The Negative Psychology of Addiction/Alcoholism
There comes a point in active drug or alcohol addiction where it's no longer about getting high or drunk. There comes a point where it's about avoiding withdrawal, and escaping from a life which has become overwhelming, and emotions and feelings that are unbearable. (See "I'm Overwhelmed" click here).
In my years of practicing medicine and my work as a psychotherapist I have never seen anyone with a psychology as negative as people in active addiction/alcoholism. Like any disease, people with addictions display remarkably similar symptoms and behaviors, and this negative psychology exists in pretty much every one I've ever worked with (and in myself when I was drinking and using).
I call it the addiction/alcoholism "blamethrower." We become bitter, angry, resentful people who blame the whole world, God, everybody for our situation. We become miserable physically, mentally, and spiritually. We end up living in a learned helplessness, and are swamped with self-pity. Our self-esteem is so low that we display a false pride and get defensive about everything (see "The Strange Pride of Addiction/Alcoholism" click here).
Too, the drinking or using and all the crappy behaviors that they bring on and all the stuff we have lost in life because of it brings out a terrible guilt, shame, remorse, and self-loathing that is crushing. It feels like the only way to escape the horrible feelings is to drink or use again. It's a vicious circle.
And then there's the anxiety! We worry about our past. We are freaked out about all the stuff in life that we have lost or neglected. We stew over all the things we should do, but just can't bring ourselves to do. And we get over-whelming anxiety about the future, as our life train-wrecks. We project the future, and blow things totally out of proportion, making things look ten times worse than they are. Not to mention the anxiety around where we will get the money we need for our next bottle or pick-up. We become nervous wrecks.
Because of this extreme negative psychology, people in addiction can't deal with life, and keep using or drinking to escape life. They have no resilience or hardiness, and are vulnerable to the smallest of stresses.
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The Three Components of Positive Psychology
The first component of positive psychology is a "sense of coherence." This is where the person stops seeing life's problems as chaotic and random insurmountable barriers. Rather, the person sees that they are just part of life, challenges, that the person has the resources to cope with. Life stops being overwhelming, the person stops feeling like a victim, and stops feeling helpless. (For tips on how to do this, see " "I'm Overwhelmed" click here).
The second component is optimism, which is self-explanatory. However, we must be careful; this optimism doesn't mean that we believe that everything will always turn out all sunshine and rainbows. Life is never always going to go our way, and to have expectations that it will just sets us up for disappointment. Rather, optimism is about the knowledge that no matter how things turn out, we will be OK. We don't need to use drugs or alcohol or any other avoidance behavior to escape from life's problems, because we know we will be OK.
The third component of positive psychology is benefit-finding and stress-related growth. Believe it or not, recovery from addiction or alcoholism is a life-changing opportunity for personal growth. What we have been through is extremely traumatic, and the only way out is to find a positive psychology. Anybody who participates in a recovery program designed to clear away all the mental and emotional carnage from the addiction experience will find a new outlook on life, appreciation for life, and gratitude for things that were previously taken for granted. This makes us much more resilient and hardy for life's ups and downs.
Moving from Negative to Positive Psychology
It has been my own personal experience and that virtually everyone among the hundreds of people I have worked with who have found recovery from moving from the extreme negative psychology to a positive psychology that it was a life-changing experience. People widely report finding an inner peace, mental serenity, and happiness and an ability to cope with life's ups and downs that is better than they've ever known before in their life, including before they ever picked up a drug or drink.
As mentioned in a previous section, recovery is not about simply using willpower to not use or drink. People who try to do that usually fail, because all the reasons for their addiction are still there. In moving from a negative to a positive psychology, with the right supports, the desire and need to drink or use simply fall away.
There are some crucial things that have to happen to shed all the ugly emotions and pain and feelings. We have to find a support system of people who have been through what we have been through, and a mentor who will work with us closely in early recovery. We have to find self-forgiveness (see "Self-Forgiveness and Recovery" click here).
Finding gratitude is also important, because it turns our focus from what we don't have to what we do have, which is part of the path to happiness. For a good read on how to do this, see "The Power of Perspective to Change Lives" (click here).
We must "clean house," which means identifying and ridding ourselves of all our anger and resentments, and getting all the guilt and self-loathing and remorse off our shoulders. This all may sound impossible, but recovery programs and addiction rehab programs are designed to help us do that.
While I try to remain as non-partisan as possible, I must say that as a psychotherapist I am hugely impressed by the 12 Steps program, which is by far the best method that I have seen for moving people who have been through addiction or alcoholism to a highly positive psychology. For an overview of various recovery and rehab programs that are out there, see our section "Recovery Programs" (click here).
Using Positive Psychology for Relapse Prevention
Positive psychology is our most important tool for maintaining recovery, because it enables us to accept life on life's terms and to deal with the ups as well as the downs in life. We are able to cope with life without using drugs or alcohol or other escape mechanisms to check out of life.
For more on relapse prevention, see "Relapse Prevention" (click here), "Relapse Prevention - How the Counselors Do It" (click here), and "Memory's Huge Role in Relapse" (click here).
Final Thoughts
I have heard people in the 12 Step program describe themselves as "grateful alcoholics," or "grateful addicts." I thought they were crazy, but what they are referring to is that their addiction led them to a recovery program that gave them a positive psychology. Life is better for them, and they are grateful for it.
Thanks for reading! Please register for free as a member of our recovery community to get notifications of new articles as they come out (click here). Please feel free to leave comments, or to email us with your stories, comments, questions, or words of wisdom at recovery.folio@gmail.com.
References:
Aspinwall, L.G. Ph.D & Tedeschi, R.G. Ph.D. (2010). The Value of Positive Psychology for Health Psychology: Progress and Pitfalls in Examining
the Relation of Positive Phenomena to Health. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 39, 4-12.
Krentzman, A.R. (2013). Review of the application of positive psychology to substance use, addiction, and recovery research. Psychology of Addiction Behavior, 27(1), 151-65.
Post, S.G., Johnson, B.R., Lee, M.T., & Pagano, M.E. (2015). Positive psychology in relation to Alcoholics Anonymous and the Twelve Steps. American Psychological Association Addiction Newsletter, fall 2015, 18-20.
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I was blown away seeing how truly caring and understanding all the staff was.
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I think of these people more as caring friends than medical staff.
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I was smoking marijuana any moment I could
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Everyday is a struggle for an addict. Everyone can’t relate but keep in mind that
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I do believe they aren’t bad people who need to get good,
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The drug addiction treatment center is quite a place.
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The idea that addiction is a response to life without personal meaning is very much true.
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I love this place and the employees. They care about their patients and our future.
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Do you think you need help with your addiction? You guys better
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My time and experience here, although hindered by the virus lockdown, was an absolute joy.
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Once I contacted them, they made me feel that I was coming to the right place.
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Looking for the best center that can help you achieve sobriety.
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I learned so much there. They can cope with life.
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If you’re tired and want to give up the fight, then they
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I got through it clean and sober. All thanks to my
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Very pleasant atmosphere and supportive staff. The office is helpful and resourceful.
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They have doctors and nurses constantly on staff and
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