Being a workaholic doesn"t just mean being a hard worker, says Robinson, a psychotherapist and professor at the University of North Carolina who has been studying people"s work habits for years. It means you"ve got a progressively worsening addiction like any other, in which work becomes the substance you use in an attempt to meet your unconscious psychological needs. Robinson calls workaholism the "best-dressed addiction," because it"s often rewarded--at least in the short term--and is seen as a positive attribute by people who don"t understand the destruction it can cause. Chained to the Desk provides worksheets to help you recognize whether you or someone close to you is a work addict, case studies that demonstrate workaholic ways of thinking, and treatment methods that involve the entire family. It sheds considerable light on a topic that mental-health professionals often don"t recognize--in part because, as Robinson points out, many of them are workaholics themselves. --Ben Kallen, Personal Growth editor