Likewise, some group therapy programs for heroin addicts rely upon a narrative: “A first phase in which the newcomer understands his problems and finds the will to solve them . . . a second phase in which he finds alternative behaviors . . . a third phase in which he, by continuous practice . . . makes the new behaviors his own.”614 In terms of archetypal plots, the addict is summoned into a quest narrative: “Wisdom is the most rewarding prize waiting at the end of the path.”615 The phases of this narrative, reinforced by weekly therapy sessions, intentionally replace the “magic fatalism” of
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