Witness to the Fire : Creativity and the Veil of Addiction

This powerful book spans the realms of Jungian psychology, existential philosophy, and literary analysis to explore the relationships between addiction and creativity. Examines the lives and works of writers such as Dostoevsky, Eugene O¹Neill, Jack London, and Jean Rhys, as well as the experiences of people in recovery. Author Linda Leonard is a Jungian analyst based on San Francisco and an existential philosopher who gives workshops and lectures. In this book she holds out the hope that anyone bound by addiction can reclaim the power that fuels dependency for a life of joy and creativity. She adds an important and deeper dimension to addiction and co-addiction, and to a growing life in recovery.Leonard, Linda Schierse is the author of 'Witness to the Fire : Creativity and the Veil of Addiction', published 2005 under ISBN 9780756793043 and ISBN 0756793041.