Fragmented Intimacy

PART 1: THEORY -- Addiction in Perspective -- Dangerous Consumptions -- Overview of this Book -- Companion Relationships -- A Social World -- Worlds, Paradigms and Assumptions -- The Particle Paradigm -- The Social Paradigm -- Switching to a Social World -- Addiction and Connecting -- Connecting to the World -- Patterns of Fragmentation -- Responding to Addiction -- The Prospect of Change -- Setting Out and Setting Back -- Making it Stick -- PART 2: PROCESSES -- Becoming Intimate -- Living in Relationships -- Intimacy and the "Four Cs" -- Special Considerations -- Quality Intimacy? -- Intimacies in Addictive Contexts -- Intimacy within Addictive Relationships -- Intimacies for Others -- Systems of Intimate Connections -- Intimacy and Power -- Controlling Tactics -- The Myth of Disinhibition -- Violence as a Social Event -- Managed Intimacy -- PART 3: FAMILIES & COMMUNITIES -- Fragmented Lives -- Fragmenting Environments -- How Intimates Respond -- Broader Social Dynamics -- Collective Opportunities -- Empowerment and Connectedness -- Reconnecting Intimates -- Responsibility for Change -- Change Processes -- Guidelines for Effective Collective Action -- Reintegration -- What is Reintegration? -- Six Phases of Reintegration -- Reforming Intimacies -- Enabling Closeness and Compassion -- Domains of Connectedness -- PART 4: APPLICATIONS -- Family Resources -- Social Resources from Inner Power -- Social Resources Offered by Services -- Mobilizing Communities -- Volunteer Networks -- Croatian/Italian Community Clubs -- An Indigenous Approach -- Applications to Practice -- Barriers to Social Inclusive Practice -- Social Engagement -- Social Assessment -- Facilitative Meetings -- Looking Ahead -- Where It Fits -- Future Opportunities