We often say 'love' when we really mean, and are acting out, an addiction-a sterile, ingrown dependency relationship, with another person serving as the object of our need for security.

Christopher Ryan and Cacilda Jetha have written the essential corrective to the evolutionary psychology literature.

The addictive experience is the totality of effect produced by an involvement; it stems from pharmacological and physiological sources, but takes its ultimate form from cultural and individual constructions of experience.

People no longer know how to apologize, which is particularly noticeable among athletes, politicians, and entertainment figures.

When people can say to themselves - "What I'm doing is justified," there is little chance of their modifying a behavior.

We often say 'love' when we really mean, and are acting out, an addiction-a sterile, ingrown dependency relationship, with another person serving as the object of our need for security.

Recovery is about purpose and meaning in life, not “sobriety” and meetings.