Addiction is very cunning, baffling, and powerful. According to Alcoholics Anonymous (High and Dry, 2003) "When I stopped living in the problem and began living in the answer, the problem went away.”
So what does that mean? Is recovery from addiction possible?
In order to discern that, one must define recovery. The flaw with that is, that the essence of recovery is an individual process. One persons 'recovery' will almost certainly not look like anothers.
Furthermore, in my opinion with working in the field, it really depends on the substance in which the person is addicted to, the time in which they spent in their addiction, environmental aspects, predisposition and genetics. Addiction and recovery is not black and white. It's not an either or situation.
With that said, there are many substances and addictions that one can fall prey to:
Stimulants ~ cocaine, methamphetamine, caffeine, and nicotine
Depressants ~ opiates, sedative-hypnotics, alcohol
Psychedelics~ marijuana, LSD
Inhanlants
Steroids
Prescription Medications
and of course, compulsive behaviors.
In my next blog post, I'll go into each of the possibilities for addiction and their influence on the recovery process.
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