In an age of tell-all addiction memoirs and reality television programs, we gulp down the stories of others in the hope that we, too, can be overcomers even as we continue to love a person, substance, activity, or ideology too much. As Sharon Hersh writes, We all suffer from the same condition. In The Last Addiction, she explores why we are prone to addiction to make one thing in our lives more central than it should be and how we can break free of our compulsions. This is not a book of self-help answers or how-to steps. It is a book about falling down and getting up...
In an age of tell-all addiction memoirs and reality television programs, we gulp down the stories of others in the hope that we, too, can be overcomer...
Our hearts as women were made by God for relationships. Why is it, then, that the thing we most deeply desire--relationships--becomes the source of so much pain? Difficult marriages, the loneliness of being single, problem children, abusive employers, fractured friendships...life's realities are often very different from the dreams we dreamed for ourselves as girls. How do we live with this beautiful ache for relationships in a world that doesn't always work? When we've been betrayed, how do we trust again? When we've been disappointed, how do we hope again? When we've been terribly hurt,...
Our hearts as women were made by God for relationships. Why is it, then, that the thing we most deeply desire--relationships--becomes the source of...