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Understanding and Overcoming Modern Addictions

Understanding and Overcoming Modern Addictions

by Brannan, Shawn Michael
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Addiction no longer wears a single face.
It lives in medicine cabinets and street corners-but also in glowing screens, endless scrolling, and the quiet isolation of modern life.

This book explores addiction in its many modern forms, from substance abuse to technology dependence, revealing how each thrives on the same underlying human needs: connection, relief, identity, and escape. Through deeply human stories and reflective insight, it examines how addiction doesn't exist in isolation-it ripples outward, shaping families, straining relationships, and quietly reshaping entire communities.

At the heart of the narrative is a compassionate look at the people behind the behavior: parents trying to hold families together, children learning resilience too early, partners caught between love and exhaustion, and communities wrestling with stigma, loss, and hope. The book challenges the idea that addiction is a moral failing, instead presenting it as a shared societal issue-one born from disconnection, trauma, and a world moving faster than our capacity to cope.

Ultimately, this is a story about awareness and accountability, but also about empathy. It invites readers to see addiction not as "someone else's problem," but as a mirror reflecting modern life-and a call to rebuild connection, understanding, and healing where it matters most.

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Pub dateJan 4, 2026
ISBN-109798242510838
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LanguageEnglish
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