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Addiction is not born from excess. It is born from absence, from indifferent silence, from pain that was never given space to be felt. This book is an invitation to listen - not to the noise around us, but to what has been silenced within: fears, traumas, unmet needs, and stories that have turned into symptoms. We live in an era where performance is worth more than affection, image replaces connection, and instant pleasure disguises itself as freedom. In this landscape, addictions multiply - digital, emotional, chemical - not as moral failures, but as desperate attempts to fill what was never welcomed. More than a book about addiction, this is a journey into our humanity. A journey through the ways we learned - from an early age - to associate love with obedience, presence with control, and pleasure with the relief of pain. One question echoes: Why do we chase excess so relentlessly? In this book, Odair Comin guides us through the genealogy of addiction - not as an isolated illness, but as a collective symptom. A poetic, philosophical, and therapeutic investigation into the origins of compulsion, the medicalization of suffering, the society of spectacle, and the disconnection from our bodies and true desires. With tenderness and depth, this narrative explores the emotional and symbolic layers that shape addiction, revealing it not as weakness, but as a cry for help - an escape route that, deep down, expresses a legitimate desire to feel again. Through these pages, you'll be guided by therapeutic reflections, evocative imagery, and questions that open a path back to what was lost: the power of presence, the courage to listen to yourself, and the possibility of beginning again - with more kindness. A book for those who are tired of merely surviving - and are ready, at last, to start living.

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