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Addiction and Grace: Love and Spirituality in the Healing of Addictions
Contributor(s): May, Gerald G. (Author)
ISBN: 0061122432     ISBN-13: 9780061122439
Publisher: HarperOne
OUR PRICE:   $14.39  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: January 2007
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Annotation: Drawing on his experiences as a psychiatrist working with the chemically dependent, May details the various addictions and describes the relationship between addiction and spiritual awareness.
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BISAC Categories:
- Self-help | Substance Abuse & Addictions - Drugs
- Self-help | Motivational & Inspirational
Dewey: 616.86
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.3" W x 7.9" (0.40 lbs) 240 pages
Themes:
- Theometrics - Catholic
- Theometrics - Mainline
- Religious Orientation - Christian
 
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Addiction and Grace offers an inspiring and hope-filled vision for those who desire to explore the mystery of who and what they really are. May examines the processes of attachment that lead to addiction and describes the relationship between addiction and spiritual awareness. He also details the various addictions from which we can suffer, not only to substances like alcohol and drugs, but to work, sex, performance, responsibility, and intimacy.

Drawing on his experience as a psychiatrist working with the chemically dependent, May emphasizes that addiction represents an attempt to assert complete control over our lives. Addiction and Grace is a compassionate and wise treatment of a topic of major concern in these most addictive of times, one that can provide a critical yet hopeful guide to a place of freedom based on contemplative spirituality.

Contributor Bio(s): May, Gerald G.: -

Gerald G. May, M.D. (1940-2005), practiced medicine and psychiatry for twenty-five years before becoming a senior fellow in contemplative theology and psychology at the Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation in Bethesda, Maryland. He was the author of many books and articles blending spirituality and psychology, including Addiction and Grace, Care of Mind/Care of Spirit, Will and Spirit, and The Dark Night of the Soul.