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Somewhere, someone posted a question about alcoholism, intelligence and recovery. Forgive me, I can't remember who posted it. My A is extremely intelligent so the question intrigued me enough to do some searching.
After checking numerous sites, I came up with nothing. I emailed NIAA and they said that there have been no studies done on alcolholism, and intelligence. Why I don't know. Sounds like it might be an area for study. So for whoever posted it, there's your answer. Sorry if I can't remember who posted it. Just getting on with age I guess.
Live strong, Karilynn
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There are plenty of really dumb As out there doing all kinds of things you read about in the paper...but then by the same token the really intelligent ones are smart enough to be very manipulative so they get away with a lot more for a lot longer. Maybe it's just the Darwin Awards* for As that skews the numbers to appear slanted towards the smarter ones!
Darwin Awards Website - http://www.darwinawards.com/darwin/
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No question is stupid. Although I have no idea where this question came from.
Disease and intellegence have nothing to do with each other. Anyone can have cancer, diabetes, cancer, ms, cp, alcoholism, it has nothing to do with intelligence.
Alcoholism, like any disease does not descriminate. It takes doctors, contractors, mothers, judges, teenagers, high IQ, low IQ etc.
While I agree no disease descriminates against anyone human being, intelligent or not there are certain behavioral questions arise. Coming from an anthropolgical background as I do, I have to wonder about the intelligence factor in recovering As. There are many more A in Mensa than people realize. They question everthing because they were taught too. Even my A's councelors have often told him that he's too smart for his own recovery. So from a purely behavioral standpoint, it begs the question about being able to recover in a different way. I am not saying that "stupid" (for lack of a better word, b/c I don't believe that there are stupid people out there) people have an easier time. I'm saying that there are social/educational factors that might play into recovery in another way, which if you talk about programs for As might need to be readjusted to suit their needs. There is no such thing as cookie cutter science, nor cookie cutter recovery. That includes our recoveries as well.
You're right Debilyn, no question is stupid.
Live strong, Karilynn
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"So from a purely behavioral standpoint, it begs the question about being able to recover in a different way."
This may indeed have some merit psychologically and socioeconomically. People "get it" on different levels...that is, the light bulb that moves them towards recovery. The approach of talking some sense of understanding may indeed be radically different between say, a blue collar auto worker, and a PhD College Professor. Not to say one is any better than the other, but that they communicate on entirely different levels, and exhist in different "spheres" if you will. Therefore the approach should be different, as "cookie cutters" do not apply to the human psyche.
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