Addiction

Response · August 28, 2017
Addicts Do Need to Get Right with God, but That Doesn’t Mean They Need Religion
By Jeffrey Bloom
The tools of religion can help; but, like the tools of science, they can also harm.
Response · August 22, 2017
Judaism Can Help Those Whose Electronic Yearnings Get the Better of Them
By Tevi Troy
Daily prayer breaks, the proper observance of Shabbat, and other practices focus minds against the lure of smartphones.
Response · August 17, 2017
Challenging the Theophobia of Many Contemporary Social Scientists and Experts on Addiction
By Paul McHugh
Where else than within the great traditions of our religions do we find the most cogent principles for helping individuals stuck in the psychic entropy of addiction?
Response · August 14, 2017
Why There Is No Secular Substitute for Alcoholics Anonymous
By Christopher Caldwell
The tools of reason, science, and common sense are not always accessible to an addict, and may harm him or her when they are.
Monthly Essay · August 7, 2017
God, Religion, and America’s Addiction Crisis
By Jeffrey Bloom
Modern medicine, psychology, and behavioral science can help some addicts. But for the underlying spiritual condition, an older set of tools—like Judaism's—has more to offer.