David offers how we might see connection with others in the midst of suffering and disconnection, then presents a map for detangling the addiction process: where it begins and where it repeats again and again because unresolved pain always returns after a temporary numbing.

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Background info at https://www.lovealwayswins.us/p/welcome.html.

Books:

Connected by Christakis & Fowler http://connectedthebook.com/

Lost Connections by Johann Hari https://thelostconnections.com/

Saint Badass: Personal Transcendence in Tucker Max Hell by Doug Carnine https://www.amazon.com/Saint-Badass-Personal-Transcendence-Tucker/dp/0998050903

Article:

Lifecycle of Emergence: Using Emergence to Take Social Innovation to Scale by Margaret Wheatley and Deborah Frieze https://www.kosmosjournal.org/article/lifecycle-of-emergence/

The addiction cycle: image https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eRrax4HjcTJyzX3UOynbI3TcG4nQ8tqx/view?usp=sharing