Christina Grof, a pioneer in the transpersonal psychology movement, draws on her own spiritual journey and addictive experience to explore the issues at the heart of the problem. She is a world-renowned leader in the transpersonal psychology movement shows how the roots of addiction are buried in a profound spiritual yearning that we must understand to become whole.

'A rich and powerful pathway to a fully human spiritual life… Excellent… please read it.' JOHN BRADSHAW

Carl Gustav Jung described the addict's craving as a 'thirst for wholeness.'

Grof, a San Francisco Bay Area transpersonal psychologist, argues that addiction is a manifestation of profound spiritual yearning--the ``thirst for wholeness'' which Jung defined as a fundamental dilemma of being human. To escape the pain of this craving and fill the emptiness it implies, Grof suggests, many people adopt addictive behaviors, which only further parch the soul. The thirst can be quelled, she advises, only by moving through the emptiness to spiritual understanding. Drawing from 12-step programs, from Jungian and humanistic psychology and her own experiences as a recovering alcoholic, Grof offers a thoughtful, compassionate self-help guide.

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