Differentiating the pursuit of excellence from perfectionism. Addiction is a disease that affects your brain and behavior. Addiction to perfection studies in jungian psychology. To deny this reality not only denies our nature, but also hinders your ability to recover from addiction. Addiction to perfection book vancouver public library. Buy addiction to perfection by marion woodman from waterstones today. Ive been sober for nine years, and in that time ive read a lot of books about addiction.
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