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Addictive Disease

The World Health Organization defines addiction as a recurring pathological relationship with a person, thing or event with life damaging consequences. It’s not what you do or how often you do it: it’s what happens to you and your relationships as a result of the use that determines whether or not the behavior is pathological or addictive. In order for something to be addictive it must have the ability to alter ones mood or produce euphoria, it must be available, quick acting to feed the addicts need for immediate gratification, have unclear cultural guidelines surrounding its use, and the individual will experience tolerance changes with continued use over time.

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Relapse Prevention

Relapse is returning to an addictive behavior after the person has demonstrated a time away from the addictive behavior. Addiction is characterized by a loss of choice once the addictive behavior has been engaged in. It is said that relapse is a part of addiction recovery. I disagree with that assessment. It does not have to be a part of recovery. This article is about this point in particular.

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Past Articles

Co-Dependency Recovery

Co-dependency is simply the loss of sense of self. It is when you do not have the conscious ability to separate yourself emotionally from another or others.

Click Here to go to Michael Yeager's Co-Dependency Recovery article.

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