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• Overview From the Foreword: "Addiction is a disorder in self-regulation.
• Individuals who become dependent on addictive substances cannot regulate their emotions, self-care, self-esteem, and relationships.
• In this monumental and illuminating text Philip Flores covers all the reasons why this is so.
• But it is the domain of interpersonal relations that he makes clear why individuals susceptible to substance use disorders (SUDs) are especially vulnerable.
• His emphasis on addiction as an attachment disorder is principally important because he provides extensive scholarly and clinical insights as to why certain vulnerable individuals so desperately need to substitute chemical solutions and connections for human ones.