Motivational Quotes

The etiquette of the American alcoholism literature demands that the psychiatrist should acknowledge that physiopathological, cultural and social elements have a role in the genesis of alcoholism. On the other hand,, the physiopathologist is required to admit the existence of social, cultural, and possibly some individual psychological factors. With few exceptions, however, after having made the prescribed bow, specialists proceed to formulate their etiological theories exclusively in the terms of their respective disciplines

Stage of  treatment may last from two weeks to several  months, depending upon the patient's condition.  It is interesting to note that almost without exception  near the close of this period the patient's  mental state is characterized by great optimism, the  inevitable good resolutions, and expressions of a  firm conviction that the cure is successful. It is  at this point that relatives are so often and illadvisedly  persuaded to remove the patient from  the hospital, with the almost certain result of his  starting to drink again.

There is more to consciousness than the reflexive  character 'in this very experience ... ', or the apperception  therein of one's current experience. For part of  what makes an experience conscious - what brings it  to life-is its 'phenomenal' quality, 'quale'.  Qualia are traditionally defined as the 'raw feels' of  sensations, of experiences such as pains, tickles, dizziness,  etc. But this notion needs to be generalized. Not  only sensations, but all consciousness mental states  have qualia.

Each living being must interact with its environment  in order to survive. For living beings,  vital contact between organism and environment  must always be maintained—in the face of all the  risks of breaking away, in a manner of “continuous  discontinuity,” so to speak. We can call this  principle of sustaining contact the “Subject” of  life in the precise etymological sense of subjectum,  which designates what lies at the base of  all living behavior. In so far as the “Subject” can  be effective only as long as the organism continues  to live, it certainly belongs to this organism,  but it by no means resides inside of it.