{"product_id":"the-sweet-poison-why-we-love-what-destroys-us-a-psychoanalytic-exploration-of-our-addictions","title":"The Sweet Poison: Why We Love What Destroys Us: A Psychoanalytic Exploration of Our Addictions","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYou quit this morning. You meant it. By tonight, your hand is already moving.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIf that one sentence found something true in you, keep reading — this book was written for you.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWe are taught to see addiction as a war: a weak will against a bad habit, fought with discipline and lost with shame. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Sweet Poison\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e begins somewhere quieter, and far more unsettling. What if the thing slowly destroying you was, at first, the only thing that knew how to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003esave\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e you?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBlending a century of depth psychology with the newest neuroscience of the brain’s reward system, Keavan O’Braely looks past the behavior to the wound beneath it — and changes the question you’ve been asking yourself. Not \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“why can’t I stop?”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e but \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“what is the pain I am trying so hard not to feel?”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is not a lecture, and not a list of rules. It reads like the conversation a perceptive clinician might have with you, late in the evening — once the performances are over and the real question can finally be spoken.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eInside, you will understand:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhy your brain keeps craving what it no longer even enjoys — and what dopamine is \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eactually\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e doing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHow the wounds of early life quietly write the script your addiction performs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe hidden inner “void” that compulsion is built to fill — and how to sit with it without flinching\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhy we sabotage the very things we love most — and how to stop\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe invisible family patterns you may be repeating without ever having chosen them\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA compassionate path from insight to lasting change — including a practical \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e90-day plan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA full chapter for those who \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003elove\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e someone caught in addiction, and don’t know how to help\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor anyone bound to a substance, a screen, a person, or a habit they swore off last night — and for everyone who loves them.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe opposite of addiction is not sobriety. It is connection. And it begins with understanding.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTurn the first page.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books Prime","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45914172096703,"sku":"ea975e82-e20b-4120-bffc-43585e364e08","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0761\/7550\/7647\/files\/25f84650d015b22749433b3ab0c63ce3.jpg?v=1785055407","url":"https:\/\/books-prime.com\/products\/the-sweet-poison-why-we-love-what-destroys-us-a-psychoanalytic-exploration-of-our-addictions","provider":"Books Prime","version":"1.0","type":"link"}