Tag Archives: emotional maturity

The path of return

The challenge is to see in the world, and in the faces of others, the question of our own lives.  There have been metaphors for this throughout time; seeing Christ in the face of every stranger, for example, or the Compassion practiced in Buddhism.  Know thyself is the oldest, most solid, most basic tenet of …

December 20, 2010 – 12:51 am | By Karin L Burke | Posted in reflections | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Does Alcoholism stunt maturity?

In clinical understanding and recovery common knowledge it’s said alcoholics stop maturing at roughly the time addiction takes hold.  A man who starts drinking alcoholically at the age of 19, say, will react to the trials and glories of life as a 19 year old would, even when he’s a 70 year old codger.  Alcoholism exercises some psychic freeze …

November 24, 2010 – 11:47 pm | By Karin L Burke | Posted in Alcoholism and Recovery | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)