Shining Light into the Darkness of Addiction

Abstract

I read and re-read Guy du Plessis’ challenging and fascinating book “An Integral Foundation for Addiction Treatment” and had the experience of concepts coming in and out of focus as objects may appear and disappear in the headlights of a car making its way along a road into an unknown landscape. I am no academic in the field of addiction, nor in integral theory nor a recovering addict. I have however been touched very directly by the devastation that addiction causes having lost dear friends over the years and I too can sense the addict part of myself. I also facilitate weekly art sessions in a recovery centre and the images that the clients have made came in and out of focus too as I read [1].