Addiction and Grace: Love and Spirituality in the Healing of Addictions

Name: Addiction and Grace: Love and Spirituality in the Healing of Addictions
Rating: 4.684210300445557 (19 reviews)

Gerald G. May

Mar 2009 · Sold by Harper Collins

4.7

19 reviews

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240

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About this ebook

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.

Ratings and reviews

4.7

19 reviews

Sunny JY Chung

July 1, 2016

Finally i was understood by someone.... My inner turmoil that I couldn't even understand myself was put into words..it understood me from head to toe, my mind and heart. I was crying as reading... out of relief and gratefulness that God knows and cares.... As the author gets into the explanation of how our brain works, I found myself in awe of the greatness of our Creator. We are fearfully and wonderfully made and God is on our side, for those who reach out for help. I reach our for the grace of God.

2 people found this review helpful

M 1586

March 22, 2016

Such a great explanation and understanding by Dr. May on addiction Loved it

About the author

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.

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