REVEILLEZ VOS DESIRS: Vos envies et vos rêves sont à votre portée

The first work about «good» cravings or how to use them to give our lives meaning and attain our dreams.

There may be many books about the loss of desire, depression, inhibitions, or excessive cravings and addictions, but none seem to concern our “good” desires, those that build our loves, our vocations, our sense of humor and of the serious. What do our desires say about us? How can we rediscover lost desires? How can one who wants nothing be motivated? Why is it that everything I want is dangerous for me? No one understands my desires. How can I get rid of the craving to drink or to smoke? I have a great plan, but where can I find the courage to achieve it? Michel Lejoyeux responds to all these questions with pragmatism, giving new meaning to our desires so that they can actually becoming a driving force in our lives. Professor at the Université Denis Diderot, Michel Lejoyeux is head of the service of psychiatry and addictology at the Hôpital Bichat in Paris. He has written several works, including Les Secrets de nos comportements : le libre arbitre existe-t-il ? (Plon, 2009) and Changer en mieux (Plon, 2011), all of which have found a vast public.