{"product_id":"addiction-and-grace-exploring-the-psychology-of-addiction","title":"Addiction and Grace: Love and Spirituality in the Healing of Addictions","description":"\u003cp\u003eAddiction, as Gerald G. May describes it, reaches well past alcohol and drugs. The psychiatrist and contemplative writer examines how attachment takes hold of a life and where spiritual freedom from it might begin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReadical Key Points\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFirst published in 1988 by Harper \u0026amp; Row; this HarperOne paperback edition was published in 2007\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExamines how addiction works in the mind and the body from the standpoint of contemplative spirituality, within the Christian tradition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe addictions it considers include intimacy, responsibility, work, performance and sex as well as substances\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eContent note: addresses substance abuse and compulsive behavior; a spiritual and psychological study, not a treatment program or a substitute for professional care\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePaperback, 240 pages, with bibliography and index\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMay, who worked as a physician and psychiatrist for twenty-five years, sets out what he calls the \"processes of attachment\" behind addiction and traces how addiction and spiritual awareness bear on each other. He argues that addiction amounts to an attempt to take complete control of one's own life, and he locates the way out in contemplative spirituality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReaders drawn to where psychology meets faith, people in recovery among them, make up its audience, as do readers of May's other books, such as \u003cem\u003eThe Dark Night of the Soul\u003c\/em\u003e. May writes as a doctor for whom attachment is a spiritual question as well as a medical one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGerald G. May, M.D. (1940-2005), worked as a physician and psychiatrist for twenty-five years, then joined the Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation in Bethesda, Maryland, as a senior fellow. His other books include \u003cem\u003eCare of Mind\/Care of Spirit\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWill and Spirit\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Dark Night of the Soul\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Brand New and Readical Ready.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReadical™ is an independent bookstore and reading-products brand built around a simple idea: books matter most when what we learn leaves the page and enters our lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eApply the Page. Get Readical™.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperOne","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47854468890773,"sku":"NEW-ING-0061122432","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0800\/5861\/3909\/files\/57_80e59154-23f9-4f08-be0f-03cbc88c7ae1.jpg?v=1787902363","url":"https:\/\/readical.com\/products\/addiction-and-grace-exploring-the-psychology-of-addiction","provider":"Readical","version":"1.0","type":"link"}