Cultural Addiction: The Greenspirit Guide to Recovery

Cultural Addiction: The Greenspirit Guide to Recovery
ISBN-10
1556436149
ISBN-13
9781556436147
Category
Self-Help
Pages
286
Language
English
Published
2006-05-15
Publisher
North Atlantic Books
Author
Albert J. LaChance

Description

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.

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