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Addiction as an Attachment Disorder

By: Philip J. Flores
Narrated by: Adam Lofbomm
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From the foreword:

"Addiction is a disorder in self-regulation. Individuals who become dependent on addictive substances cannot regulate their emotions, self-care, self-esteem, and relationships. In this monumental and illuminating text Philip Flores covers all the reasons why this is so. But it is the domain of interpersonal relations that he makes clear why individuals susceptible to substance use disorders (SUDs) are especially vulnerable. His emphasis on addiction as an attachment disorder is principally important because he provides extensive scholarly and clinical insights as to why certain vulnerable individuals so desperately need to substitute chemical solutions and connections for human ones.

The strength of Flores's paradigm of addiction as an attachment disorder is that it is a theory that effectively and wisely guides treatment, but at the same time, when properly implemented or practiced, the treatment resonates with and further enhances the theory. Flores's work here is an extraordinary one because, in parsimonious and clear language, he makes a major contribution to the literature and practice of effective psychotherapy in general and effective psychotherapy for the addictions in particular."

©2004 Jason Aronson (P)2020 Tantor
Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Health Mental Health
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Easy to digest and follow without being too technical or obtuse. Something that really made me look inward instead of around me for resolution.

Amazingly well written and conveyed

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This book is the foundation of what began my ability to find true recovery from drug addiction. This book is the most intelligent and is the answers an addict needs to understand about connection and the replacement of human connect with substance abuse. The narrator is great and if you or someone you know is addicted, and you have a desire to delve into the core of the problem, this is the book. I am so happy I fell upon this book, read it in active addiction and discovered my need to find the program of narcotics anonymous.

The answer to addiction

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Blaming, facile, internally inconsistent discussion - by someone who writes like the have attachment “disorder” himself. Poorly researched as well.

Addiction is an attachment disorder

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Very far behind in so many ways, and not just two editions of DSM. Narrator mispronounces so many names and terms.

Historical Artifact

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I am really not sure about the book. Maybe it’s good but It’s painful to listen to when the narrator sucks and sounds more like his is reading for a 2 minute drug commercial.
Please audible, start upping your narration game. For the love of god.

Terrible narrator

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