One Nation Under Therapy Quotes

“But when we retrace the addict's steps, it is clear that the trajectory leading to compulsive use was marked by scores of small, deliberate choices, made many times a day; whom to spend time with, which neighborhoods to visit, whether to allow himself to become bored.
With each decision he made himself more vulnerable to continued use. These small decisions, then, are critical to becoming an addict - but the good news is that they are also critical to recovery. Which is why recovery programs universally stress the importance of learning to make safer choices, called 'relapse prevention' therapy.”
― Christina Hoff Sommers; Sally Satel, One Nation Under Therapy: How the Helping Culture Is Eroding Self-Reliance

“According to the philosophy of human potential, self-knowledge and personal salvation were to be attained not, as the Greeks had taught, through intellectual and moral discipline; nor, as the Judeo-Christian religions had taught, through grace, devotion, and the performance of worthy deeds; but rather through a regimen of self-preoccupation, self-expression and psychic release.”
― Christina Hoff Sommers, One Nation Under Therapy: How the Helping Culture Is Eroding Self-Reliance