Heart of Addiction

<p>Nobody has had an answer for why people with addictions continue to repeat them -- until now.</p><p>For more than twenty years distinguished psychiatrist Dr. Lance Dodes has been successfully helping people master their addictions -- alcoholism compulsive gambling smoking sexual addiction and more with a radical approach. Dr. Dodes describes how all addictions have at their heart unrecognized emotional factors that explain: </p><ul> <li>Why we feel the impulse</li> <li>Why we feel it when we do</li> <li>What alternatives (really) work in that critical moment</li></ul><p>In this refreshing book filled with compelling case studies Dr. Dodes debunks several such widely accepted myths as: </p><ul> <li>Addictions are fundamentally a physical problem.</li> <li>People with addictions are different from other people.</li> <li>You have to hit bottom before you can get well.</li> <li>You are wasting your time if you ask why you have an addiction.</li></ul>