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Addicted to outrage, how thinking like a recovering addict can heal the country, Glenn Beck

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Addicted to outrage

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Glenn Beck

how thinking like a recovering addict can heal the country

America is addicted to outrage, we're at the height of a twenty-year bender, and we need an intervention. In Addicted to Outrage, New York Times bestselling author Glenn Beck addresses how America has become more and more divided--both politically and socially. Americans are now less accepting, less forgiving, and have lost faith in many of the country's signature ideals, he says. We are quick to point a judgmental finger at the opposing party, are unwilling to doubt their own ideologies, and refuse to have any self-awareness whatsoever. Beck states that our current downward spiral will ultimately lead to the destruction of everything America has fought so hard to preserve. This is not simply a Republican problem. This is not simply a Democratic problem. This is everyone's burden, and we need to think like recovering addicts and change. With a nod to a traditional twelve-step program, each chapter encourages self-reflection and growth and shows us the way to a more hopeful, happy future. Beck draws from his own life experiences and includes relevant examples for each step, from families who learned to forgive killers to remembering to believe in something greater than ourselves to understanding the importance of humility. Addicted to Outrage is a timely and necessary guide for how Americans, right and left, must change to survive

Prologue: Wrath makes him deaf -- Part one: We have a problem -- Hello, my name is Glenn, and I am addicted to outrage -- The story of outrage -- Here's why outrage "works"--and why it's more addictive than heroin -- Chemistry class -- So what makes you an expert? -- Samantha Bee -- Divisions -- Sorry, not sorry -- The mountain between us -- Fascism--the logical consequence of postmodernism -- Link by link -- Urban proximity, a false togetherness -- Into the arms of the arrogant and ignorant -- The enemy of my friend...may not be my friend but should be my teacher -- Worse and getting worser -- Part two: Why we must fix this now -- The end of the human(ity) era -- The future state of the future state -- Take this job and shove it -- We're in the money -- Judge, jury & executioner -- Mitt was right -- The black mirror -- Part three: Finding our unum -- And the truth shall set you free -- How to think, not what to think -- THINK -- Fake news? Fake history! -- Who are we as a nation? -- The case for good -- Shaving Ockham -- Our self-evident rights and seemingly invisible responsibility -- The cages of our addiction -- Part four: Reconciliation -- The long journey back -- The only thing constant -- God is expansive--think bigger -- Line upon line -- Precept upon precept -- T.H.I.N.K. -- On saving the world -- Postscript