In todayÕs world, adults and youth everywhere are using objects like food, drink, money, and computers in ways that are immature, addictive, or foolish. Frequent psychological reasons for irresponsible handling of such things include stress relief, dulling painful emotions, disappointment in love, and feeling more normal. Of course, these ends do not justify the means. In this book, health professional Denise Marie Mari, Ph.D. explains the path away from unsound relations with things toward living more beneficially with self, other people, and God.