(2025) What Is It Like to Be an Addict? by Owen FLANAGAN

"What Is It Like to Be an Addict?: Understanding Substance Abuse" was written by Owen Flanagan and published in 2025.

It's a philosophical and scientific exploration of substance addiction. The book aims to explain substance addiction, according to the best philosophy and science, and to offer a humane and sensible ethics and politics of addiction. The book includes ten themes about addiction, covering a wide range of perspectives and considerations, including:

• The importance of understanding the addict's experience.
• Integrating subjective experiences with objective scientific perspectives.
• Examining social, cultural, gender, racial, ethnic, and economic patterns relevant to addiction.
• Understanding the relationship between addiction and identity.
• Analyzing the different attitudes addicts have toward their substance abuse.
• Exploring the role of shame in addiction.
• The significance of Alcoholics Anonymous in addiction theory and treatment.

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