Summary: In this Embraced by Life podcast Nic Higham and Michael McCaffrey talk with writer and speaker Jeff Foster and take a fresh look at addiction. Surely, unless we get right to the root of all our addictions, and begin to shine the love of awareness itself into those unloved places, our addictions will just shift from one object, substance or person, to the next. We stop drinking, we start eating. We stop eating, we start shopping. We stop shopping, we start gambling. We stop gambling, we start checking our text messages fifty times a day. It's all a search for love, as the great mystics and teachers throughout the ages have been reminding us. This is an ancient and timeless message. Addiction is not there to be 'cured'. It is not a disease, but a misguided search for love, for home. The 'addict' in us is not there to be fixed or manipulated, or even punished. It's there to be loved to death. Featuring music from:- Somewhere Over the Rainbow (Played by 'nedding09' via YouTube) First Aid Kit - Dance To Another Tune Ben Howard - Keep Your Head Up Brett Dennen - Darlin' Do Not Fear Abba - Knowing Me Knowing You
