Chapter headings: Introduction The Thirst for Wholeness The Craving Behind Addiction The Self and Wholeness Walking in the Desert Alienation, Abuse, and the Human Experience How do we Survive? The Dark Night of Addiction Surrendering and Being Surrendered Addiction and Attachment Healing and the path to the self The Promise of Healing and Spiritual Maturity…
Note: This is a book on the science of addiction. It includes a discussion of AA and Buddhism, Ruden is a clinician-scientist working in the field of medicine. Chapter headings: 1. Survival 2. Landscaping the brain 3. The craving response 4. Battling for control 5. Biobalance 6. Biobalance to mindfitness 7. Curing sobriety 8. Response…
Contents: PrefaceIntroductionThe Process PART ONE – THE FOUR TRUTHS OF RECOVERY 1. Addiction Creates Suffering 2. The Cause of Addiction Is Repetitive Craving 3. Recovery Is Possible 4. The Path to Recovery 5. Understanding 6. Intention 7. Communication/Community 8. Action/Engagement 9. Livelihood/Service 10. Effort/Energy 11. Mindfulness/Meditation 12. Concentration/Meditation 13. The Path to Heartfulness 14. Breaking…
Chapter headings: 1. Suicide Solution 2. Kids of the Black Hole 3. It’s in My Blood 4. Fuck Authority 5. Teenage Wasteland 6. No Remorse 7. Live Fast Die Young 8. Nailed to the X 9. I Need Your Shelter 10. Serve the Truth, Defy the Lie 11. My Friends Look Out for Me Like…
Note: This title is included on this website because: there is an overlap between sufferers of OCD and alcoholism (which is clear from some of the stories in this book); it introduces Buddhist mindfulness practice to dealing with our obsessions and compulsions; it provides an important, contrasting perspective to books on compulsions like Mary O’Malley’s….