Addiction Nation
What the Opioid Crisis Reveals about Us
by Timothy McMahan King
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Pub Date Jun 11 2019 | Archive Date Jun 11 2019
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Description
“Opioids claim the lives of 115 people per day. One of them could have been me.”
When a near-fatal illness led his doctors to prescribe narcotics, media consultant Timothy McMahan King ended up where millions of others have: addicted. Eventually King learned to manage pain without opioids—but not before he began asking profound questions about the spiritual and moral nature of addiction, the companies complicit in creating the opioid epidemic, and the paths toward healing and recovery.
We have become a society not only damaged by addiction but fueled by it. In Addiction Nation, King investigates the ways that addiction robs us of freedom and holds us back from being fully human. Through stories, theology, philosophy, and cultural analysis, King examines today’s most common addictions and their destructive consequences. In stark yet intimate prose, he looks not only at the rise of opioid abuse but at policy, pain, virtue, and habit. He also unpacks research showing patterns of addiction to technology, stress, and even political partisanship.
Addiction of any kind dims the image of God and corrupts who we were created to be. Addiction Nation nudges us toward healing from the ravages of addiction and draws us toward a spirituality sturdy enough to sate our deepest longings.
Advance Praise
“Timothy McMahan King writes from a deep well fed by an amazing personal experience with opioid addiction that led to unique insights about recovery in the context of his Christian faith. His words of hard-won wisdom should be read by individuals, churches, and any organization yearning for fresh ideas about how to understand this national epidemic.”
—Timothy Johnson, New York Times bestselling author and senior medical contributor for ABC News
“Addictions are too often condescendingly judged as indulgence born in a cycle of self-absorption. In Addiction Nation, Timothy McMahan King probes the opioid crisis in the United States personally, theologically, medically, and systemically. If King can find himself trapped in a cycle with opioids, so can you. This book is an eye-opener, a summons for those with quick judgments to think again, and for America’s churches to become active in compassion for what is, by all accounts, a growing problem.”
—Scot McKnight, professor of New Testament at Northern Seminary
“Addiction Nation offers an important message at a critical time. Our culture of addiction—as evidenced by the opioid epidemic—needs practical and spiritual guidance. Timothy McMahan King offers trustworthy insights drawn from his own experience of addiction, scientific research, and spirituality. I believe this book can help our nations, families, and individuals recover and find healing!”
—Richard Rohr, founder of the Center for Action and Contemplation
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Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781513804064 |
| PRICE | $17.99 (USD) |
