Rock-Bottom As An Event of Truth

Abstract

The notion of rock-bottom is widely used in the treatment of addiction and can be described in existential terms as an event of truth. Addiction is described as an attempt to technocratically alter the lived-texture of being while recovery is being open, while acknowledging the finitude that is humanity’s essential nature Key words Rock-bottom, truth, recovery, finitude, event, AA. Man seeks to escape himself in myth, and does so by any means at his disposal. Drugs, alcohol, or lies. Unable to withdraw into himself, he disguises himself. Lies and inaccuracy give him a few moments of comfort. (Jean Cocteau, Diary of an Unknown, 1953)