Freedom from Addictions

About the Book

Freedom from Addictions is a psychological detective story. It details a multi-year search for the causes of underlying addictions, and it describes the successful results of a successful treatment program based on the resultant understanding of what drives addictions.

About the Author

Douglas Arthur Quirk (1931-1997), M.A., C.Psych. was a graduate of the University of Toronto. After a long and varied career as a clinical psychologist, during which he served as consultant to many organizations, he spent twenty years as Senior Psychologist at the Ontario Correctional Institute, a treatment centre for alcoholics, drug addicts, and sex offenders serving a sentence of less than two years.. Reg M. Reynolds, Ph.D., C. Psych. (Retired) is a graduate of the clinical psychology at the University of Waterloo. From 1973 to 1992, after many years working in mental health, he served as Chief Psychologist at the Ontario Correctional Institute, where this research was conducted.