What is addiction really? It is a sign, a signal, a symptom of distress. It is a language that tells us about a plight that must be understood. - Alice Miller Breaking down the Wall of Silence. No society can understand itself without looking at its shadow side. Loss of self control is at the heart of addiction, whether it is the frantic self-soothing overeaters and shopaholics, or the obsessions of gamblers, sexaholics and compulsive technology users or even the socially acceptable gym rat or workaholic. Drug addicts are dismissed and discounted as unworthy of empathy or respect. There are many questions you need to ask such as what are the causes of my addictions? What is the nature of my addictive personality? What happens physiologically to the brain of addicted people? How much choice do I really have? What are some treatments without the use of drugs and how do we begin healing?

We get to the heart of the matter -  the underlying feelings that create addictive behaviors. The addiction is just a symptom of the problem.