This book, which has deservedly become a bestseller, gives us a new look at one of the most pressing problems of the last two centuries - the problem of chemical dependence, a complex, very controversial problem and causing active debate. The views expressed in this book, based on modern scientific research, are truly humane and hopeful. Without glorifying or humiliating, without promoting or lecturing, Maya Shalavitz describes from her own experience the difficult path to sobriety and, together with her readers, gets to the very roots of the problem of chemical dependency, offering a simple and understandable solution to this pressing problem.