The Urge: Our History of Addiction
Carl Erik Fisher traces the history of addiction and the ways people have tried to understand, manage, and overcome it. Blending historical perspective with medical and cultural context, The Urge examines compulsive behavior as a long-standing human concern and considers what history can teach us about recovery.
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The Urge: Our History of Addiction explores addiction as a recurring part of human history.
Carl Erik Fisher considers how people have understood and responded to addictive behavior over time.
The book connects historical perspectives with broader questions about compulsion, treatment, and recovery.
It offers a wide-ranging look at one of society’s enduring medical and cultural challenges.
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