# The Ghost in the Addict

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- Book: [The Ghost in the Addict](https://www.bookquiver.com/shepard-siegel/the-ghost-in-the-addict) ([The Ghost in the Addict.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/shepard-siegel/the-ghost-in-the-addict.md))
- Authors: [Shepard Siegel](https://www.bookquiver.com/shepard-siegel)
- Publisher: the_mit_press
- ISBN: 978-02-6254-797-0
- Pages: 192
- Published: 2024-03-05
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

How withdrawal distress and cravings can haunt current and former addicts, and what they can teach us about addiction and its treatments. “The dead drug leaves a ghost behind. At certain hours it...