Posted by Paul the Pharmacist on March 27, 2001 at 23:27:04:
An enneagram 6 when they are relaxed shifts to their nine core point. Again we have nine narcotization. I observed two enneagramsixes in my Pharmacy both withthe same disease,alcohol induced pancreatitis. I hyppothesized that alcoholism may to a degree cluster around point six due to a sixed high level of anxiety and the fact that alcohol is a known anxiety reliever. Two cases may be interesting but scientifically indicate much less prove nothing. I further hypothesized that given the comfort that a six feels i a like group it would make sense that a lot of people in alcoholics anonymous could well be sixes.
I read an article by mike huber who works in minnesota wwith alcoholics. He had picked up on what was writtn and stated that a large portion of his alcoholic clients that he worked within his psychological practice were indeed sixes many of them counterphobic. He studied the life of Bill Wilson, the founder of alcoholics anonymous and concluded that he was a counterphobic six.
The drug naltrexone is currently FDA approved t treat alcoholism and t decrease the alcoholic cravings. Physiologically it is believed that the endogenous opoids the endorphins mentioned in a previous post about point three play a role in the alcohol induced "high." Blocking their action with naltrexone decreases the pleasurability of alcohol and decreases the cravings. this is another possible exampleof the role of endorphins in nine narcotization and may be a fruitful area for futher investigation. Correlating the enneagram physiologically will go a long way to scientifically proving what is now a theory of behavior as applicable as it may well be