Breaking the Chains of Addiction
Overview
Breaking the Chains of Addiction by Victor Mihailoff is an Orthodox Christian guide to overcoming addictions and bad habits, from smoking, alcohol, drugs and gambling to eating disorders, anger and other harmful patterns.
Addiction affects us not only in body and mind but also in spirit. Some today reduce people to their physical side alone; others try to treat every illness as purely spiritual. Both can do harm. Overcoming addiction needs both: spiritual struggle alongside medical and psychological help from professionals.
The early Church Fathers saw the human person as body, soul and spirit, and knew that when one part suffers, the whole person suffers. The author presents their wisdom on controlling the passions of the soul and applies it to overcoming addiction of every kind, not only to substances.
The book grew from the author's own life. He could not quit his six addictions and bad habits until he took up the God-given spiritual weapons of confession and spiritual reading, along with the others described here. After that, he no longer craved them. The book is full of Bible quotations, giving a foretaste of the healing power of God's Word.
It is a practical introduction, not a complete study, and it does not replace medical or psychological help; it is meant to work alongside it. For anyone struggling with addiction, their families, and priests and servants who walk with them.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9780645554335
- ISBN-10: 0645554332
- Publisher: St Shenouda Press
- Publish Date: November 2022
- Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.38 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.55 pounds
- Page Count: 166
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