Addiction and grace: love and spirituality in the healings of addicitions
May, Gerald G.Unknown
Harper San Francisco (New York, 1991) (eng) English0060655372UnknownUnknownSUBSTANCE ABUSE--RELIGIOUS ASPECTS--CHRISTIANITY; UnknownDrawing on his experience as a psychiatrist working with the chemically dependent, May emphasizes how addiction represents a doomed attempt to assert complete control over our lives. 'Addiction & Grace' is a compassionate and wise treatment of this important topic, offering a critical yet hopeful guide to a place of freedom based on contemplative spirituality. This 'Plus' edition includes two additional essays by Gerald May not included in the hardcover version
Physical dimension
viii, 200 p.20 cm.Unknown
Summary / review / table of contents
Desire: addiction and human freedom --
Experience: the qualities of addiction --
Mind: the psychological nature of addiction --
Body: the neurological nature of addiction --
Spirit: the theological nature of addiction --
Grace: the qualities of mercy --
Empowerment: grace and will in overcoming addiction --
Homecoming: discernment and the consecrated life --
Notes --
Index --
PLUS: Lightness of soul. The dark night of recovery.