Cultural Addiction by Albert J. LaChance - ISBN: 9781556436147
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Our lifestyle is an addiction, and the Earth is paying the price.

Cultural Addiction

The Greenspirit Guide to Recovery

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    272 pages

  • Release Date

    15 July 2011

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Summary

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 compromises 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 egocentr…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781556436147
ISBN-10:1556436149
Author:Albert J. LaChance, Thomas Berry
Publisher:North Atlantic Books,U.S.
Imprint:North Atlantic Books,U.S.
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:272
Edition:annotated edition
Release Date:15 July 2011
Weight:425g
Dimensions:229mm x 152mm x 20mm
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Critics Review

“LaChance offers us a deep spiritual analysis of the human roots of the present ecological crisis facing the world, through the lens of addiction, pathology, and denialism. But rather than simply describing the situation, he offers us a practical spiritual framework to respond to the crisis through adaptation of the 12-step program.”
- The Reverend Adrian Robbins-Col, MA, rector of All Saints’ Episcopal Church, Peterborough, Diocese of New Hampshire

About The Author

Albert J. LaChance

Albert J. LaChance, Ph.D., LADC, CAS, DAPA, is a certified addiction specialist and a licensed addictions counselor who has treated individuals, families, and groups since 1991.

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