Carl Erik Fisher
Thresholds
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Addiction and Recovery
Adiction is an expression of human behaviour that we all have. It's not about being taken over or possessed in any way. In the process of writing the book, i came into contact with e some of the etymology of adiction from 500 years ago,. when the word first entered the english language. And it was a description of a universal human tendency to addict oneself to an action, not a status. To am through the process of devotion, whether good or bad, some one gives up some of will and agency. People talk about that with worry. Ono worry, anxiety can be just tha physical sense, for example. But worry can be a totally volitional act or somebody
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