We have seen that addiction arises out of dislocation. The absence of meaning is yet another dislocation that we human beings, spiritual creatures that we are, cannot well endure. Meaning has to be defined and found in a personal way by each of us, but as one of Dr. Frankl’s Viennese colleagues, Dr. Alfried Längle, said in a recent Vancouver talk, “meaning arises only out of a dialogue with the world.” By her daily acts of kindness, Judy keeps herself in a dialogue that helps her transcend addiction.
