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Chapters

Heading Title Duration
Author's Note 2:05
Introduction Hungry Ghosts: The Realm of Addiction 6:52
Part I Hellbound Train 0:22
Part I, Chapter 1 The Only Home He's Ever Had 46:28
Part I, Chapter 2 The Lethal Hold of Drugs 19:47
Part I, Chapter 3 The Keys of Paradise: Addiction as a Flight from Distress 32:41
Part I, Chapter 4 You Wouldn't Believe My Life Story 22:34
Part I, Chapter 5 Angela's Grandfather 8:52
Part I, Chapter 6 Pregnancy Journal 27:06
Part I, Chapter 7 Beethoven's Birth Room 26:17
Part I, Chapter 8 There's Got to Be Some Light 29:26
Part II Physician, Heal Thyself 0:38
Part II, Chapter 9 Takes One to Know One 36:38
Part II, Chapter 10 Twelve-Step Journal: April 5, 2006 17:32
Part III A Different State of Brain 0:40
Part III, Chapter 11 What Is Addiction 11:16
Part III, Chapter 12 From Vietnam to "Rat Park", Do Drugs Cause Addiction? 16:52
Part III, Chapter 13 A Different State of the Brain 17:50
Part III, Chapter 14 Through a Needle, a Warm Soft Hug 24:08
Part III, Chapter 15 Cocaine, Dopamine and Candy Bars: The Incentive System in Addiction 15:22
Part III, Chapter 16 Like a Child Not Released 26:53
Part IV How the Addicted Brain Develops 0:33
Part IV, Chapter 17 Their Brains Never Had a Chance 22:04
Part IV, Chapter 18 Trauma, Stress and the Biology of Addiction 32:01
Part IV, Chapter 19 It's Not in the Genes 19:00
Part V The Addiction Process and the Addictive Personaility 0:46
Part V, Chapter 20 A Void I'll Do Anything to Avoid 21:13
Part V, Chapter 21 Too Much Time on External Thing: The Addiction-Prone Personality 16:50
Part V, Chapter 22 Poor Substitutes for Live: Behavioural Addictions and Their Origins 46:18
Part VI Imagining a Humane Reality: Beyond the War on Drugs 0:26
Part VI, Chapter 23 Dislocation and the Social Roots of Addiction 38:18
Part VI, Chapter 24 Know Thine Enemy 12:57
Part VI, Chapter 25 Ignorance, Fear, Prejudice and Profit: The Failed War On Drugs 29:36
Part VI, Chapter 26 Freedom of Choice and the Choice of Freedom 27:09
Part VI, Chapter 27 Toward an Enlightened Social Policy on Drugs 39:40
Part VI, Chapter 28 A Necessary Small Step: Harm Reduction 34:23
Part VII The Ecology of Healing 0:30
Part VII, Chapter 29 The Power of Compassionate Curiosity 25:06
Part VII, Chapter 30 The Internal Climate 30:43
Part VII, Chapter 31 The Four Steps, Plus One 23:39
Part VII, Chapter 32 Sobriety and the External Milieu 32:10
Part VII, Chapter 33 A Word to Families, Friends, and Caregivers 22:26
Part VII, Chapter 34 There Is Nothing Lost: Addiction and the Spiritual Quest 24:35
Epilogue Memories and Miracles 18:05
Appendix 1 Adoption and Twin Study Fallacies 14:13
Appendix 2 A Close Link: Attention Deficit Disorder and Addictions 9:15
Appendix 3 The Prevention of Addiction 5:10
Appendix 4 The Twelve Steps 7:42
Closing 0:32