The Illness of Addiction

Spock was perfectly poised to be the worst possible life partner for psychologically complicated Jane Cheney. Her strong character and vibrant mind drew him in. Then he rebelled against her, taunting her in the exact way he knew would get her where she lived. She was upset by my continuing flirtatiousness with other women. I didn't like being told I couldn't dance cheek to cheek. He insinuated publicly that his grandson Peter's illness was a result of bad parenting or even unexamined sibling rivalry with his brother Dan. Genetic inheritance simply was not on his radar. Believing in the power of nurture as he did, Ben must have felt fear and shame when his children and grandchildren