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Addiction, Another World

(This is another blog essay on addiction and may help non-addicts understand the many-layered world of addiction, a world I once inhabited and continue to recover from.

My drug of choice was booze. But the behavior and emotional patterns I exhibited could apply to all addicts. Each addiction obviously has some unique differences, but, in working with cross-addicted individuals, I have found many of the emotional and psychological traits to be the same.

I have purposely used the alternating pronouns, “he” and “she” to avoid giving the traditional deference to the masculine pronoun. Addiction is an equal-opportunity emotional and physical derailment) Read more »

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