In this issue, I give a brief take on the comedian Russell Brand’s brilliant new book on addiction, entitled “Recovery: Freedom from Our Addictions”, and its connection to depression. If depression is a compulsive behavior, both literal and mental behavior (beliefs), then depression would qualify as addictive: it kind of runs on its own, but draws our energy and input, and rewards us with a kind of protection from the overwhelming larger realities of the world, and ourselves. I don’t go into the 12 steps themselves—Brand covers those all in depth—but the basic principles all translate to healing from depression: admit there’s a problem, be open to a solution, get resources to support the change, put in appropriate work towards that change, and be open to feedback.
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