Today at the ‘office’ the subject of addiction came up in conversation. The specifics related to tobacco, as opposed to any other substance however; addiction has a relevance to all manner of substance and for that matter, even some behaviours to an extent.
I have always believed that many so-called ‘addictions’ are more the result of habit and/or peer pressure, often compounded by ambient circumstances and social factors. It appears I’m not alone with that assumption…
It is now one hundred years since drugs were first banned — and all through this long century of waging war on drugs, we have been told a story about addiction by our teachers and by our governments… The Likely Cause of Addiction Has Been Discovered, and It Is Not What You Think – http://huff.to/1J4GOXv
What are your thoughts on ‘addiction’ and even more importantly, as a society, are we doing enough to combat the issues… Correctly?
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I accept the state of ‘chemical’ addiction however, IMHO I honestly believe that “addictive behaviours’ are often the far more prominent (and difficult to deal with) issues at play.
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I have always understood addiction to be the state whereby the body has become chemically reliant on the administration of the substance the person has chosen to imbibe. Until that point (it varies person to person) the label I’d use is addictive behaviour. It’s a grey area
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