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Addiction: A Disorder of Choice (Paperback)
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Addiction: A Disorder of Choice (Paperback)
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In a book sure to inspire controversy, Gene Heyman argues that
conventional wisdom about addiction-that it is a disease, a
compulsion beyond conscious control-is wrong. Drawing on
psychiatric epidemiology, addicts' autobiographies, treatment
studies, and advances in behavioral economics, Heyman makes a
powerful case that addiction is voluntary. He shows that drug use,
like all choices, is influenced by preferences and goals. But just
as there are successful dieters, there are successful ex-addicts.
In fact, addiction is the psychiatric disorder with the highest
rate of recovery. But what ends an addiction? At the heart of
Heyman's analysis is a startling view of choice and motivation that
applies to all choices, not just the choice to use drugs. The
conditions that promote quitting a drug addiction include new
information, cultural values, and, of course, the costs and
benefits of further drug use. Most of us avoid becoming drug
dependent, not because we are especially rational, but because we
loathe the idea of being an addict. Heyman's analysis of
well-established but frequently ignored research leads to
unexpected insights into how we make choices-from obesity to
McMansionization-all rooted in our deep-seated tendency to consume
too much of whatever we like best. As wealth increases and
technology advances, the dilemma posed by addictive drugs spreads
to new products. However, this remarkable and radical book points
to a solution. If drug addicts typically beat addiction, then
non-addicts can learn to control their natural tendency to take too
much.
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