Addiction, Attachment, Trauma, and Recovery

The Power of Connection

By: Oliver J. Morgan, Louis Cozolino - foreword

Narrated by: James Anderson Foster

Understanding addiction is no longer just about understanding neurons or genes, broken brain functioning, learning, or faulty choices. Oliver J. Morgan provides a fresh take on addiction and recovery by presenting a more inclusive framework than traditional understanding. Cutting-edge work in attachment, interpersonal neurobiology, and trauma is integrated with ecological-systems thinking to provide a consilient and comprehensive picture of addiction.

Humans are born into connection and require nourishing relationships for healthy living. Adversities, however, bring fragmentation and create the conditions for ill health. They create vulnerabilities. In order to cope, individuals can turn to alternatives, "substitute relationships" that ease the pain of disconnection. These can become addictions.

Addiction, Attachment, Trauma, and Recovery presents a model, a method, and a mandate. This new focus calls for change in the established ways we think and behave about addiction and recovery. It reorients understanding and clinical practice for mental health and addiction counselors, psychologists, and social workers, as well as for addicts and those who love them.

©2019 Oliver J. Morgan (P)2019 Tantor

Truth and accuracy, phenomenal!

This book is amazing and will enlighten you to the truth of what causes addiction and how to effectively treat this widespread epidemic

Fabulous book

Beautifully written and full of up to date pearls of knowledge in the field of addiction

Great Insight on Addiction!

Attachment is fundamental to understanding many mental health conditions, including addiction. This book gives great insight on this!

This is a must read to understand addiction!

This is a must read to fully understand the complexities of addiction. Only then, as a society, can we take effective action. (psycgologist)

good book

it is good, but it is more for someone who studies stress/adiction, not for someone who wants to overcome it.