- Paperback: 55 pages
- Publisher: HarperSanFrancisco; 1st edition (11 Feb 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0060655372
- ISBN-13: 978-0060655372
- Product Dimensions: 20.1 x 13.5 x 1.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 528,364 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Discusses the causes and characteristics of addiction, examines its psychological, neurological, and theological aspects, and explains how grace can can help overcome addiction.
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After twenty years of listening to the yearnings of people' hearts, I am convinced that all human beings have an inborn desire for God. Read the first page
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After twenty years of listening to the yearnings of people' hearts, I am convinced that all human beings have an inborn desire for God. Read the first page
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I got the book as a reference from one of Keating's book. It is fantastic!! I recommend that all who face any disturbing addiction to read this book and indeed if you think you don't, read it and you will be surprised what you are addicted to. May shows the neurological aspect of addictions and very important he discusses the travials that occur during recovery. How your body adapts and readapts to habits and substances.
He says the root of the problem is in the psycho-toxins in our sub-conscious and recommends grace and contemplative prayer as a remedy. Where we let go of trying to solve it ourselves and allow God to heal us, to heal from the root. Here is where keating's book is useful for keating then expoundes on Mays recommended contemplative prayer namely, the prayer of silence of letting go.
The healing takes time and if you are looking for a quick fix, then forget this but if you want a root solution then pick this up. May says the beginning of a solution is when you say "I have a problem, I need help", God the healer, awaits to help you. May shows how to make an appointment, keating shows how to have a session and take the anti-bodies.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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May has accomplished what many serious analysts of contemporary culture have been unable to pull off satisfactorily. He presents a brilliant exposition of the causes and process of inordinate attachment and then proceeds to reveal its cure which is an essentially spiritual process. His exposition of the necessary relationship between psychology and religion, while explaining the limits and possibilities of both, is a triumph. The writing, though dense, is clear and poetic. His book is a handbook for the serious human person.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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I got the book as a reference from one of Keating's book. It is fantastic!! I recommend that all who face any disturbing addiction to read this book and indeed if you think you don't, read it and you will be surprised what you are addicted to. May shows the neurological aspect of addictions and very important he discusses the travials that occur during recovery. How your body adapts and readapts to habits and substances.
He says the root of the problem is in the psycho-toxins in our sub-conscious and recommends grace and contemplative prayer as a remedy. Where we let go of trying to solve it ourselves and allow God to heal us, to heal from the root. Here is where keating's book is useful for keating then expoundes on Mays recommended contemplative prayer namely, the prayer of silence of letting go.
The healing takes time and if you are looking for a quick fix, then forget this but if you want a root solution then pick this up. May says the beginning of a solution is when you say "I have a problem, I need help", God the healer, awaits to help you. May shows how to make an appointment, keating shows how to have a session and take the anti-bodies.
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Lots of science, but even more Grace!
This is a refreshing and thorough review of the subject of addictions.
What constitutes an addiction? What causes them? Read more
What constitutes an addiction? What causes them? Read more
Published 19 months ago by Mr. Peter Carroll
Very Good Book But Needs Editing and Review
I found this book to be helpful and enlightening but it unfortunately contains numerous errors. So many errors that I was greatly troubled by the time I got to page 120 or so. Read more
Published on 23 Jun 1999
A very Helpful book
Probably THE best book on addiction I have ever read!! I recommend it highly.
Published on 24 Sep 1998
Very insightful.
I found this book to be very insightful and informative. I had a bit of a problem with what I feel are extremely wordy paragraphs that take too long to get to the point. Read more
Published on 7 July 1998
Excellent book!..for counselor,struggler,companion, a must
This is an excellent book that gives clear and revealing insights into the nature of addictions, of which we all wrestle with in varying degree's, but also gives, through the... Read more
Published on 2 Oct 1997
Profoundly spiritual insights into nature of addictions
Far and away the most fascinating and provocative
book on the psychology of addiction. Takes us deep
inside the brain to show how and why addictions
work at the... Read more
book on the psychology of addiction. Takes us deep
inside the brain to show how and why addictions
work at the... Read more
Published on 9 Nov 1996
must-read, non-cliched religious view of addiction
A classic in its field, May's book draws on everything from neurological data to
the Gospels to examine the pervasiveness of addiction in human experience. Read more
the Gospels to examine the pervasiveness of addiction in human experience. Read more
Published on 14 May 1996
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