Hidden Addictions: A Pastoral Response to the

Nobody would say that drug abuse isn't a problem the world over. But add the world "legal" to "drug abuse" in the same question, and responses might differ. Hidden Addictions: A Pastoral Response to the Abuse of Legal Drugs takes a hard look at the many people who are addicted to legal prescribed drugs and gives its own prescription of spiritual counseling, healing, and aid to readers who wish to join the fight against a world ravaged by complacency, psychochemical numbness, and social-systemic dysfunction.

Foreword

ix

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Howard J. Clinebell Jr.

Preface

xiii

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Acknowledgments

xvii

Chapter 1. The Problem

1

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Prevalence of Legal Drug Abuse

4

(1)

Persons Most at Risk

4

(9)

Chapter 2. Pills, People, and Process

13

(14)

Legal Drugs of Abuse

15

(7)

Dynamics of Addiction and Dependency

22

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Chapter 3. Sociological Roots of Addiction

27

(18)

The Addictive Society

28

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Women and the Medical Profession

32

(2)

Women and the Pharmaceutical Industry

34

(3)

Growing Up and Growing Old

37

(2)

Health Care in the Addictive Society

39

(1)

Family in the Addictive Society

40

(5)

Chapter 4. Spiritual Roots of Addiction

45

(12)

Existential Anxiety

45

(4)

Religion and Spirituality

49

(2)

Religion and Recovery from Addiction

51

(1)

Women and Religion

51

(4)

Religious Systems as Part of the Addictive Society

55

(2)

Chapter 5. Pastoral Response

57

(22)

Caring for the Individual

59

(8)

A Recovery Program

67

(12)

Chapter 6. Prevention

79

(8)

Systemic Reform

79

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Religious Resources

83

(1)

Helping Individuals

84

(3)

Notes

87

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Bibliography

91

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Index

93

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Hidden Addictions: A Pastoral Response to the Abuse of Legal Drugs

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