In this complex modern world of ours, most people spend our lives getting more money, getting a nicer car, getting a fancy home, getting a mate even getting health and happiness. Thus many of us are addicted to alcohol, drugs, food, sex or gambling -or to our money, our homes, our cars, our televisions, or our social circles. Based on the Four Noble Truths laid down 2500 years ago by Gautama the Buddha, The Joy Beyond Craving explains how true happiness is found, not in getting as much as we can for ourselves, but in letting go of the self-centered cravings that drive us to struggle in this was.

Joy Beyond Craving: A Buddhist Perspective on Addiction and Recovery, Joni Kay Rose, Paperback, 120 pp., $14.00

A freelance writer since 1985, Joni Kay Rose has been a student of Buddhism for over ten years, as well as an active participant in Twelve-Step recovery programs since 1995. An experienced counselor, teacher, and public speaker, she holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in cultural anthropology from the University of Michigan, and a Master of Divinity degree from the Starr Kings School for the Ministry of the Graduate Theological Union.