{"product_id":"the-urge-our-history-of-addiction","title":"The Urge: Our History of Addiction","description":"As a psychiatrist in training fresh from medical school, Carl Erik Fisher found himself face-to-face with an addiction crisis that nearly cost him everything. Desperate to make sense of his condition, he turned to the history of addiction, learning that our society's current quagmire is only part of a centuries-old struggle to treat addictive behavior. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA rich, sweeping account that probes not only medicine and science but also literature, religion, philosophy, and public policy, \u003ci\u003eThe Urge\u003c\/i\u003e introduces us to those who have endeavored to address addiction through the ages and examines the treatments that have produced relief for many people, the author included. Only by reckoning with our history of addiction, Fisher argues, can we light the way forward for those whose lives remain threatened by its hold. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Urge\u003c\/i\u003e is at once an eye-opening history of ideas, a riveting personal story of addiction and recovery, and a clinician's urgent call for a more nuanced and compassionate view of one of society's most intractable challenges.\r","brand":"Carl Erik Fisher","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44441440125164,"sku":"9780525561460","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9780525561460.jpg?v=1720749029","url":"https:\/\/intl.allstora.com\/products\/the-urge-our-history-of-addiction","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}