Addiction and Grace
I am reading Addiction and Grace by Gerald May, a leading Christian psychologist who passed away recently.
Some of these quotes are just too good not to share. So I'm going to post them... hope they provoke some good thought.
"I am not being flippant when I say that all of us suffer from addiction. Nor am I reducing the meaning of addiction. I mean in all truth that the psychological, neurological, and spiritual dynamics of full-fledged addiction are actively at work within every human being...
"We are all addicts in every sense of the word. Moreover, our addictions are our own worst enemies. They enslave us with chains that are of our own making, yet paradoxically are virtually beyond our control.
"Addiction also makes idolaters of us all, because it forces us to worship these objects of attachment, thereby preventing us from truly, freely loving God and one another...
"Yet still, in another paradox, our addictions can lead us to a deep appreciation of grace. They can bring us to our knees."
