{"id":124552,"date":"2026-01-07T14:30:55","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T14:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jungian.directory\/fcxfougk\/?post_type=mec-events&#038;p=124552"},"modified":"2026-01-07T14:30:55","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T14:30:55","slug":"dear-mr-wilson-the-bill-w-carl-jung-letters-alcoholism-addiction-treatment","status":"publish","type":"mec-events","link":"https:\/\/jungian.directory\/fcxfougk\/jungian-events\/dear-mr-wilson-the-bill-w-carl-jung-letters-alcoholism-addiction-treatment\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Dear Mr. Wilson,\u201d  The Bill W\u2014Carl Jung Letters  Alcoholism, Addiction, Treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"comp-m04c6f8y\" class=\"Oqnisf comp-m04c6f8y wixui-section\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-block-level-container=\"ClassicSection\">\n<div class=\"\" data-mesh-id=\"comp-m04c6f8yinlineContent\" data-testid=\"inline-content\">\n<div data-mesh-id=\"comp-m04c6f8yinlineContent-gridContainer\" data-testid=\"mesh-container-content\">\n<div id=\"comp-m04c6f9m6\" class=\"Z_l5lU ku3DBC zQ9jDz qvSjx3 Vq6kJx comp-m04c6f9m6 wixui-rich-text\" data-testid=\"richTextElement\">\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><em><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">\u201cThe helpful formula therefore is: spiritus contra spiritum (spirit against spirit).\u201d \u00a0<\/span><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">\u2014CG Jung,\u00a0January 30, 1961<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"comp-m05gsixp\" class=\"Oqnisf comp-m05gsixp wixui-section\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-block-level-container=\"ClassicSection\">\n<div class=\"\" data-mesh-id=\"comp-m05gsixpinlineContent\" data-testid=\"inline-content\">\n<div data-mesh-id=\"comp-m05gsixpinlineContent-gridContainer\" data-testid=\"mesh-container-content\">\n<div id=\"comp-m05gsiyf\" class=\"Z_l5lU ku3DBC zQ9jDz qvSjx3 Vq6kJx comp-m05gsiyf wixui-rich-text\" data-testid=\"richTextElement\">\n<p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"color_40 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">We welcome David Schoen,\u00a0who will be joining us from his home in Covington, Louisiana, near New Orleans. The evening\u2019s discussion will center around The Bill W\u2014Carl Jung Letters exchanged shortly before Jung\u2019s death. The letters reveal the most about Jung\u2019s views of alcoholism\/addiction and treatment. They also reveal Jung\u2019s unknown contribution in the founding of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and the Twelve Steps. They present Jung\u2019s belief that Archetypal Shadow\/Archetypal Evil are an essential element of alcoholism and by implication, all other true psychological addictions.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"><a class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofjungsouth.org\/_files\/ugd\/baefea_4cfa745d94a44e7f89a633258dcb116b.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"color_40 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">[PDF] to read the Letters in advance of the meeting, as suggested by the presenter.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe helpful formula therefore is: spiritus contra spiritum (spirit against spirit).\u201d \u00a0\u2014CG Jung,\u00a0January 30, 1961 We welcome David Schoen,\u00a0who will be joining us from his home in Covington, Louisiana, near New Orleans. The evening\u2019s discussion will center around The Bill W\u2014Carl Jung Letters exchanged shortly before Jung\u2019s death. The letters reveal the most about Jung\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":124553,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"mec_category":[542],"mec_speaker":[3017],"class_list":["post-124552","mec-events","type-mec-events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","mec_category-webinar"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.3 (Yoast SEO v28.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>&quot;Dear Mr. Wilson,\u201d The Bill W\u2014Carl Jung Letters Alcoholism, Addiction, Treatment - JungianDirectory<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"&quot;Dear Mr. Wilson,\u201d The Bill W\u2014Carl Jung Letters Alcoholism, Addiction, Treatment\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u201cThe helpful formula therefore is: spiritus contra spiritum (spirit against spirit).\u201d \u00a0\u2014CG Jung,\u00a0January 30, 1961 We welcome David Schoen,\u00a0who will be joining us from his home in Covington, Louisiana, near New Orleans. 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