Cultural Addiction The Greenspirit Guide to Recovery Format: Paperback

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Intended Audience: General/trade Genre: Self-Help Type: book Book Title: Cultural Addiction : the Greenspirit Guide to Recovery Format: Trade Paperback Number of Pages: 272 Pages Language: English Item Width: 6 in ISBN: 9781556436147 Topic: Personal Growth / General, Substance Abuse & Addictions / General, Twelve-Step Programs Publisher: North Atlantic Books Publication Year: 2006 Item Height: 0.7 in Illustrator: Yes Author: Albert J. La Chance Narrative Type: book gtin13: 9781556436147 Item Length: 9 in Item Weight: 14.7 Oz

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Addiction, argues Albert LaChance in this insightful book, affects more than the individual who suffers from it. Cultural Addiction shows how contemporary lifestyles have become addictive, consuming the planet's resources—soil, air, water—in a destructive way that comprises earth's life systems and endangers the survival of both humankind and other species. This book presents a 12-step program for recovery from these dangerous lifestyles. Identifying such traits as egocentricity, materialism, overeating and drinking, and apathy as products of addiction, the author draws on the world's spiritual traditions—Hinduism, Buddhism, shamanism, Christianity, and others—to show individuals and communities how to work together to overcome these problems. The 12-step Greenspirit program empowers people to change the way they live in their environment. This “cultural therapy” in turn creates a renewed culture dedicated to protecting—and respecting—the planet.