Whats the Deal with Stanton Peele - SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug Addiction Help and Information

Five · 12-07-2005, 02:37 AM

(ha, that rhymes)

Either love him or hate him?

Personally that man has changed my whole outlook on my problem, filled in agonising gapes in my thinking, and is I think one of the true voices of sanity in the addiction field. I think his attacks on AA are not necessary though, as his research and plain old insight stands for itself.

The man is a wise man, who says what he thinks, and is most certainley onto something.

Mogqua · 12-07-2005, 02:50 AM

I neither love him or hate him.

I do like his delivery of certain concepts over some of his contempories and he seems more personal to me than say Ellis or Trimpey who just seem angry and irrational most of the time.

Peele is more rational although he makes the very same mistakes that his contempories do.

Either there is an "irrational trigger" with his "unnecessary AA positions" or there is a glitch in his grammatical tense.
I think he just bought that part from others with blind faith.

He makes some good points though.
You just have to know his mistakes to avoid certain circular logics.

Be Well

Five · 12-07-2005, 02:53 AM

Thanks Mog. I have set out my stall to study him, so your advice is welcome. He does get angry and I just think Hey, Stanton, Stop getting so angry. But other times he just eases through anxiety and questions with, as you say, rational sense.

As for Trimpy, I dont really know except I read him and he makes me feel tired, and Ellis I dont know much about. For me a brilliant source of wisdom is Aeron T Beck. What a man, what a writer, and what a scientist. He has changed my thinking something special.

Dan · 12-07-2005, 04:42 AM

Ever notice that it's the ones who pepper their rhetoric with distemper and anger that we generally consider lunatic (at worse) or practitioners of defeatist argumentative techniques (like circular logic) at best?
The little man Gandhi brought down the British Empire with kindness and humility.
Who knew what a smile could accomplish...

2tough2die · 12-07-2005, 05:23 AM

Who?

12-07-2005, 02:37 AM	#1 (permalink)
Five Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: London Posts: 1,229	Whats the Deal with Stanton Peele (ha, that rhymes) Either love him or hate him? Personally that man has changed my whole outlook on my problem, filled in agonising gapes in my thinking, and is I think one of the true voices of sanity in the addiction field. I think his attacks on AA are not necessary though, as his research and plain old insight stands for itself. The man is a wise man, who says what he thinks, and is most certainley onto something.

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12-07-2005, 02:50 AM	#2 (permalink)
Mogqua Extremity Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: somewhere, out over that away Posts: 183	I neither love him or hate him. I do like his delivery of certain concepts over some of his contempories and he seems more personal to me than say Ellis or Trimpey who just seem angry and irrational most of the time. Peele is more rational although he makes the very same mistakes that his contempories do. Either there is an "irrational trigger" with his "unnecessary AA positions" or there is a glitch in his grammatical tense. I think he just bought that part from others with blind faith. He makes some good points though. You just have to know his mistakes to avoid certain circular logics. Be Well

12-07-2005, 02:53 AM	#3 (permalink)
Five Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: London Posts: 1,229	Thanks Mog. I have set out my stall to study him, so your advice is welcome. He does get angry and I just think Hey, Stanton, Stop getting so angry. But other times he just eases through anxiety and questions with, as you say, rational sense. As for Trimpy, I dont really know except I read him and he makes me feel tired, and Ellis I dont know much about. For me a brilliant source of wisdom is Aeron T Beck. What a man, what a writer, and what a scientist. He has changed my thinking something special.

12-07-2005, 04:42 AM	#4 (permalink)
Dan Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8,710	Ever notice that it's the ones who pepper their rhetoric with distemper and anger that we generally consider lunatic (at worse) or practitioners of defeatist argumentative techniques (like circular logic) at best? The little man Gandhi brought down the British Empire with kindness and humility. Who knew what a smile could accomplish...

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