When you feel depressed, suffering from a deep sadness, do you feel powerless over your mood? Does your life feel unmanageable because of it? Does your preoccupation with past hurts and regrets interfere with your life? Do you feel hopeless about finding a cure for your depression? If you answer "yes" to these questions, you may be addicted to your mood. It acts like a drug that sedates, numbs, and possesses you, causing you to sleepwalk through life.

Viewing your depressed mood as an addiction, Dr. Ortman guides you through the time-tested Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous to...

When you feel in the grip of anger, ask yourself these questions:

-Do you feel powerless to control your temper?

-Does your anger frighten you so much that you feel compelled to suppress it?

-Does your life feel unmanageable because of your anger?

-Does your preoccupation with the unfairness of life and being wronged interfere with your happiness?

-Do you feel hopeless about fi nding a cure for your temper? If you answer "yes" to these questions, you may be addicted to your anger. It acts like a drug that stimulates you, energizes you, and causes you to act...