Eros as Inspiration on the Road to Recovery

All humans want to live ecstatically to live beyond the ordinary to feel the fire of love desire and experience the mystery of life. Drugs and alcohol can easily induce these feelings but only temporarily and as addiction occurs a high price is paid. Eros as Inspiration on the Road to Recovery delves into the question of how encountering Eros in art making can serve as inspiration to develop healthy activities instead of drugs and alcohol. Art making can provide a life-long experience of pleasure relaxation excitement and fantasy. This book examines how art making with American homeless veterans who are chemically dependent can be helpful in the recovery process. Eros unveils himself during the art making process and in the therapeutic relationship expressing feelings of love desire and intrigue. The counter/counter-transference issue is dealt with through the heuristic research model personal supervision and the expressive arts literature.