Lacan and Addiction : an Anthology

LACAN AND ADDICTION LACAN AND ADDICTION An Anthology Edited by Yael Goldman Baldwin, Kareen Malone, and Thomas Svolos First published in 2011 by Karnac Books Ltd 118 Finchley Road London NW3 5HT Copyright © 2011 by Yael Goldman Baldwin, Kareen Malone, and Thomas Svolos for the edited collection, and to the individual authors for their contributions. The rights of the contributors to be identified as the authors of this work have been asserted in accordance with §§ 77 and 78 of the Copyright Design and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A C.I.P. for this book is available from the British Library ISBN-13: 978-1-85575-851-3 Typeset by Vikatan Publishing Solutions (P) Ltd., Chennai, India Printed in Great Britain www.karnacbooks.com To my family, Yael Goldman Baldwin To my sister and brothers, Kareen Malone CA, YAMFP, Thomas Svolos CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS xi ABOUT THE EDITORS AND CONTRIBUTORS xiii INTRODUCTION Viewing addictions through Lacanian lenses xvii Kareen Malone and Yael Goldman Baldwin CHAPTER ONE Modern symptoms and their effects as forms of administration: a challenge to the concept of dual diagnosis and to treatment 1 Rik Loose CHAPTER TWO New uses of drugs 39 Fabián Naparstek CHAPTER THREE Knows no’s nose 59 Rolf Flor vii viii CONTENTS CHAPTER FOUR Brief comments on Rolf Flor’s case presentation 73 Bruce Fink CHAPTER FIVE Introducing the “New Symptoms” 75 Thomas Svolos CHAPTER SIX Comments on “Introducing the ‘New Symptoms’” 89 Fabián Naparstek CHAPTER SEVEN Bulimia: between phobia and addiction 93 Patricia Gherovici CHAPTER EIGHT Two people in a room: ethnographers, unruly subjects, and the pleasures of addiction 111 Alexine Fleck CHAPTER NINE “Toxicomanic” passion for an object: the sexual relation exists 119 Gustavo Klurfan CHAPTER TEN The colour of emptiness: addiction and the drive 131 Cristina Laurita CHAPTER ELEVEN Leverage of the letter in the emergence of desire: a case of addiction 145 Shannon Kelly and Kareen Malone CHAPTER TWELVE Lost objects: repetition in Kierkegaard, Lacan, and the clinic 163 Michael Miller CONTENTS ix CHAPTER THIRTEEN Bulimia, anxiety, and the demand of the Other 177 Maria-Cristina Aguirre CHAPTER FOURTEEN Response: Bulimia, anxiety, and the demand of the Other 187 Maria J. Lopez CHAPTER FIFTEEN Addictions, sexual identity, and our times 189 Liliana Kruszel CHAPTER SIXTEEN Speech, language, and savoir in the Lacanian clinic of addiction 195 Christopher Meyer CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Response to Christopher Meyer 207 Kareen Malone AFTERWORD The contribution of addictions to the ethics of psychoanalysis 211 Thomas Svolos INDEX 214 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The editors would like to thank a number of persons who were of great assistance in this project. First, we owe the genesis of this book to an intimate and inspiring seventh annual Affiliated Psychoanalytic Workgroups’ conference held at Emory University and mostly at the University of West Georgia during spring 2006. We thank all participants and the many, many West Georgia graduate students who worked tirelessly to help put the conference together. We also thank Elizabeth Rogers for arduous labours in putting this text through its final paces and getting it in proper form. Her careful knowledge of Lacan and clinical orientation were also of inestimable value. Jon Skalski lent invaluable assistance in the final stretch. Robert Reid came to the rescue for some last minute formatting difficulties. Lucy Shirley, Kate Pearce, and Oliver Rathbone at Karnac showed kind patience as we pulled the final threads together. And of course, merci to the contributors! xi ABOUT THE EDITORS AND CONTRIBUTORS Maria-Cristina Aguirre, Ph.D., is a Lacanian psychoanalyst and psychologist. She is analyst member of the School (AME) of the Nueva Escuela de Psicoanalisis (NEL), member of the New Lacanian School (NLS) and member of the World Association of Psychoanalysis (WAP). She is editor of the Lacanian Compass, online psychoanalytical journal, and coordinator of the New York Freud Lacan Analytic Group (NYFLAG). She is senior psychologist at Elmhurst Hospital Center, Queens, NY. She practises in New York City. Bruce Fink is a practising Lacanian psychoanalyst, analytic supervisor, and professor of psychology at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He trained as a psychoanalyst in France for seven years with, and is now a member of, the psychoanalytic institute Lacan cre- ated shortly before his death, the École de la Cause Freudienne in Paris, and is also an affiliated member of the Pittsburgh Psychoanalytic Soci- ety and Institute. He is the author of four books on Lacan, a translator of Lacan’s work into English, and has written a novel whose main char- acter is loosely based on Lacan. Alexine Fleck completed her Ph.D. in English at the University of Pennsylvania, where she focused on harm reduction, memoir, xiii xiv ABOUT THE EDITORS AND CONTRIBUTORS ethnography, and drug addiction. While completing her Ph.D., she worked as a street-based ethnographer and educator in communities at high risk for HIV infection through drug use and sex work. She teaches at the Community College of Philadelphia. Rolf Flor is a psychoanalyst in private practice. He is a member of the Reading Group of the Boston Psychoanalytic Circle in Cambridge; the clinical director for the Eliot Community Human Services in Lynn; and an associate of the Simmons College School for Social Work in Boston, Massachusetts. Patricia Gherovici, Ph.D., is a psychoanalyst. She is a supervising analyst at Après-Coup New York and director of the Philadelphia Lacan Seminar. She is the author several books, including The Puerto Rican Syndrome (Other Press: 2003), winner of the Gradiva Award and the Boyer Prize. Yael Goldman Baldwin is a psychologist and the chair and associate professor of psychology at Mars Hill College in Asheville, North Carolina. She obtained her M.A. at the University of Chicago and her Ph.D. in clinical psychology at Duquesne University. She is a member of the Associated Psychoanalytic Workgroups. Her publications have appeared in the Lacanian Compass, the International Lacanian Review, Methods: A Journal for Human Science, and Theory and Psychology. Shannon Kelly is a psychotherapist practising in community mental health in Georgia. She has published articles in the areas of Lacanian psychoanalysis, clinical ethics, and gender studies. Gustavo Klurfan is a psychoanalyst with practices in Philadelphia and Bristol, Pennsylvania. He is a former clinical supervisor and director of outpatient services at nonprofit organizations coordinating psychiatric and drug and alcohol programmes. He is a member of Après-Coup Psy- choanalytic Association and the Philadelphia Lacan Study Group. Liliana Kruszel is a psychoanalyst in South Florida. She is a member of the World Association of Psychoanalysis. Member of Nel Miami, docent and board member of the Florida Institute for Research and Develop- ment of Psychoanalysis in South Florida. Cristina Laurita received a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Duquesne University. Her paper in this collection stems from her larger project on Lacan and addictions, entitled Working with the Drive: A Lacanian ABOUT THE EDITORS AND CONTRIBUTORS xv Psychoanalytic Approach to the Treatment of Addictions. She maintains a private practice in Philadelphia, PA, and Princeton, NJ, where she works from within a Lacanian orientation. She is currently also a Fel- low of the Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia. Rik Loose is a psychoanalyst and clinical psychologist who is former head of psychoanalysis (and currently a senior lecturer) in DBS School of Arts in Dublin and who also teaches on the Masters in Psychody- namic Psychotherapy Programme run by University College Dublin in association with St. Vincent’s Hospital. He is a founding member of the Irish Circle of the Lacanian Orientation of the New Lacanian School (ICLO-NLS) and he is a member of the Association of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy in Ireland (APPI). Maria J. Lopez is a clinical psychologist. She is an associate of Nueva Escuela Lacaniana and the World Association of Psychoanalysis. She is in private practice in Miami, Florida. Kareen Malone is a member of Après-Coup in New York City. She is professor of psychology at the University of West Georgia and director of the Doctoral Program. A fellow of the American Psychological Association, Professor Malone has co-edited two volumes on Lacanian Psychoanalysis. She trained with Groupe Interdisciplinaire Freudienne pour Recherches et d’Interventions Clinique et Culturelles. She is co- author of a book, author of numerous articles on Lacanian psychoanalysis and critical psychology. She is 2010 President of Division 24 of the American Psychological Association. Christopher Meyer, Ph.D., is a psychoanalyst and clinical psychologist in private practice in Los Angeles, California. He is a member of GIFRIC (Groupe Interdisciplinaire Freudienne pour Recherches et d’Interventions Clinique et Culturelles), a clinician-analyst member of the Freudian School of Québec, and clinical co-director of the Southern California Section of the California Psychoanalytic Circle of the Freud- ian School of Québec. He has published articles in The American Journal of Semiotics, the journal Savoir, Psychanalyse et analyse culturelle, in Corre- spondences: Courrier de l’École freudienne du Québec, and in (a): the Journal of Culture and the Unconscious. Michael Miller is a clinical psychologist at Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, New York, and is an adjunct professor in the department of psychology at Syracuse University. xvi ABOUT THE EDITORS AND CONTRIBUTORS Fabián Naparstek is an adjunct professor at the University of Buenos Aires in the psychology department. He is the coordinator for the pro- fessional practice and clinical investigation group at the University.

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