The Fix
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.50 (609 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0007436106 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-05-10 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Addictions to iphones, painkillers, cupcakes, alcohol and sex are taking over our lives.Our most casual daily habits can quickly become obsessions that move beyond our control. Damian Thompson, who has himself struggled with a range of addictions, argues that human desire is in the process of being reshaped. He argues that addictive behaviour is becoming a substitute for family and work bonds that are being swept away by globalisation and urbanisation.This battle to control addiction will soon overshadow familiar ideological debates about how to run the
Might as well face it, you're addicted to Diziet Damian Thompson's new book is about addiction - 'the fact or condition of being addicted to a particular substance or activity' (OED). It is, he repeatedly assures us, not a 'disease'. He believes that we are creating for ourselves a social environment:'in which more and more of us are being pulled towards some form of addi. Thought provoking societal look at addiction. Not a self-help book. I bought this book because I have a habit an addiction if you will to checking email, Facebook, and Twitter too many times a day on my iPhone and I wanted to do a little research into what qualifies as addiction. (Luckily, I haven't had problems of the drug and alcohol variety.)This book makes a few controversial and though. "An Addictive Read" according to Dg. Batt. Ironically I found this book quite "addictive", could hardly put it down, read it on the bus while everyone else got their "fix" off their electronic gadgets. Not sure why, perhaps because the subject matter was about addictive substances & activities,inherently interesting, but he is an engaging writer & this is probably t
Thompson has been able to put into words – to explain – not only why we tend to get addicted to harmful things, but also how we've got our collective thinking about these issues so wrong for so long. It’s bold and confident and, pretty much, right.’ PROFESSOR PETER KINDERMAN, Head of the Institute of Psychology, Health and Society at the University of Liverpool. It’s agonisingly honest and personal in parts but without ever seeming mawkish or self-pitying, drawing on his personal experiences of addiction to give texture and insight.’ FIVE STARS – MAX PEMBERTON, The Telegraph‘Thompson’s key thesis is that addiction should be thought of as behaviour, not disease. … The
Damian Thompson is a recovering alcoholic who continues to wrestle with an addiction to collecting Classical CDs. He’s the editor of the Daily Telegraph blogs, a lead columnist in print in the Saturday Telegraph, used to be the director of the Catholic Herald and has been described by the Church Times as a ‘blood-crazed ferret’.@HolySmoke