1st Edition
Hidden Addictions A Pastoral Response to the Abuse of Legal Drugs
116 Pages
by
Routledge
116 Pages
by
Routledge
118 Pages
by
Routledge
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In Hidden Addictions: A Pastoral Response to the Abuse of Legal Drugs, you’ll find that beneath the gruesome, more public face of illegal drug abuse lies another less hideous, but just as destructive, layer of addiction--the addiction to prescribed drugs. In this revealing study, you’ll learn how you can confront the hidden malady of legal drug dependency in individuals and ultimately break its... Read more
Contents
Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1. The Problem
- Prevalence of Legal Drug Abuse
- Persons Most at Risk
- 2. Pills, People, and Process
- Legal Drugs of Abuse
- Dynamics of Addiction and Dependence
- 3. Sociological Roots of Addiction
- The Addictive Society
- Women and the Medical Profession
- Women and the Pharmaceutical Industry
- Growing Up and Growing Old
- Health Care in the Addictive Society
- Family in the Addictive Society
- 4. Spiritual Roots of Addiction
- Existential Anxiety
- Religion and Spirituality
- Religion and Recovery from Addiction
- Women and Religion
- Religious Systems as Part of the Addictive Society
- 5. Pastoral Response
- Caring for the Individual
- A Recovery Program
- 6. Prevention
- Systemic Reform
- Religious Resources
- Helping Individuals
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Biography
Richard L Dayringer
