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

by Dayringer; Richard L

• ISBN13: 9780789002662
• ISBN10: 0789002663
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-03-16
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix	(4)
Howard J. Clinebell Jr.
Preface	xiii	(4)
Acknowledgments	xvii
Chapter 1. The Problem	1	(12)
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	(5)
Chapter 3. Sociological Roots of Addiction	27	(18)
The Addictive Society	28	(4)
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	(4)
Religious Resources	83	(1)
Helping Individuals	84	(3)
Notes	87	(4)
Bibliography	91	(2)
Index	93