Hungry ghosts: The realm of addiction
The only home he's ever had
The keys of paradise: Addiction as a flight from distress
You wouldn't believe my life story
There's got to be some light
Part II: Physician, heal thyself
Twelve-step journal: April 5, 2006
Part III: A different state of the brain
From Vietnam to "Rat Park": Do drugs cause addiction?
A different state of the brain
Through a needle, a warm, soft hug
Cocaine, dopamine, and candy bars: The incentive system in addiction
Like a child not released
Part IV: How the addicted brain develops
Their brains never had a chance
Trauma, stress, and the biology of addiction
Part V: The addiction process and the addictive personality
"A void I'll do anything to avoid"
Too much time on external things: The addiction-prone personality
Poor substitutes for love: Behavioral addictions and their origins
Part VI: Imagining humane reality: Beyond the war on drugs
The social roots of addiction
"Ignorant fanaticism": The failed war on drugs
Freedom of choice and the choice of freedom
- Toward an enlightened social policy on drugs
Part VII: The ecology of healing
The power of compassionate curiousity
Sobriety and the external milieu
A word to families, friends, and caregivers
There is nothing lost: Addiction and the spiritual quest
Appendix I: Fallacies of adoption and twin studies
Appendix II: A close link: Attention deficit disorder and addictions
Appendix III: The prevention of addiction
Appendix IV: The twelve steps.