Addiction In Context

“If we expand our perception of addiction as disease to addiction as a phenomenon that occurs within the context of culture, the reason that preventing and curing addiction is such a struggle becomes apparent.” (Part 1, Chapter 4, Pages 106) “In the ancient sense of the word, affectivity is what enables us to be open, not only to being affected by others, but also to being affected by creative impulse, psychic experience, spiritual experience, and the like. Without the necessary prerequisite of openness in affectivity, one cannot experience such connections to the world outside oneself.” (Part 3, Chapter 12, Page 316) “Reality, like a diamond, is multifaceted. Each facet provides a partial view of the gestalt, or totality, of reality. Thus, at any given point in time and history, man perceives reality from the individual facets that represent given aspects. These facets serve as windows unto the world of man’s perception.” (Part 4, Chapter 13, Pages 380) “Like the dawn of a new day, poised at the beginning of a new millennium, we bear witness as scientific and spiritual comprehensions coalesce, expand, and transform our consciousness of who and what we, our world, and the cosmos, really are, in the universe of all possible realms and dimensions of existence.” (Part 4, Chapter 13, Page 389) “My contention that things are not always what they seem holds just as true now as it did when I first set out to write Addiction In Context. Denial of reality as a psychological construct is just as prevalent and prominent in our thinking today as it was yesterday and yesteryear; perhaps it always will be.” (Epilogue, Page 524)