The following study investigates a basic premise that the manner in which a doctor responds to a patients emotions and thoughts affects the way a patient feels about telling more of his/her illness experience. This book investigates how a doctor and his patients conceptualize addiction, use language to express his/her conceptualization, and respond to each other in the context of their conversational illness narrative. Using George Lakoff and Mark Johnsons Conceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT), I analyzed the conceptual metaphors within these conversations. I found that patients predominant...