On April 13th 2011, around twenty in-patients at the “San Juan de Dios” Rehabilitation and Mental Health Centre in La Paz, Bolivia listened very attentively to SSRF’s lecture about the spiritual causes and treatment of addictions. Many of them nodded in agreement while hearing about unsatisfied desires of our ancestors being a frequent cause of addictions, and later participated by asking practical questions.

The lecture was made possible by Dr. Ricardo Ramos Pantoja, Director of the Department for Addictions at the “San Juan de Dios” centre in La Paz. A psychiatrist …