This is a guest post from The Discovering Alcoholic, who writes a top rated recovery blog, www.discoveringalcoholic.com, covering alcoholism, substance abuse, treatment and recovery issues.
This is an interesting lecture by Professor Philip Zimbardo about modern man’s perspective of time and how it relates to relationships, learning, and behavior. Pay close attention to the last half where he talks about kids living in a world they create separated from reality, where knowledge of consequences doesn’t necessarily change behavior, and why they don’t wear watches. I think another example he could have used is why drunks never learn. It’s this kind of stuff that reinforces my belief in the mental disease (faulty brain programming/training) aspect of addiction. Regardless of your thoughts on the disease concept, watch this video anyway because it’s a great topic presented in a unique graphic manner that really reinforces the content. Enjoy.
Great post – I’m a drug educator working with secondary schools and colleges. Great stuff about teens and time.