Table of Contents “...Addiction as an attachment disorder -- Substance abuse as a consequence of and solution for impaired attachment relationships -- Attachment theory: implications for treatment -- Addiction: an attempt at self-repair that fails -- Neurophysiology and attachment -- Avoidant society: cultural roots of impaired attachment -- Rules for effective treatment: an attachment perspective -- Early treatment: creating the capacity for attachment -- Late-stage treatment issues -- Attachment and group therapy -- Attachment and the therapeutic alliance -- Addiction and attachment-oriented therapy: long-term implications....”