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RECOVERY MYTH: ADDICTION IS A CHOICE

RECOVERY MYTH: ADDICTION IS A CHOICE

How many times have you heard that addiction is a choice? Well, it’s not. In the beginning, you make a choice to use alcohol or drugs to alter the way you feel. Soon this becomes a habit. The habit grows and gets out of control. By the time loss of control occurs your mind and body have been chemically altered and the substance of choice becomes as necessary as oxygen. If you believe that addiction is a choice then you must subscribe to the notion that other brain disorders or...Read More
RECOVERY MYTH: ADDICTS WILL SEE THE LIGHT WHEN CONSEQUENCES GET BAD ENOUGH

RECOVERY MYTH: ADDICTS WILL SEE THE LIGHT WHEN CONSEQUENCES GET BAD ENOUGH

The unfortunate truth is that by the time you are heavily into substance abuse, nothing else will matter. Addicts and alcoholics will continue using until the age-old AA warning comes into effect; jails, institutions, and death. By the time the consequences get bad enough, you simply won’t care, nor will you have the where-with-all to recognize danger.Initially, the choice to use alcohol or drugs is just that, a choice. It remains a choice until tolerance builds up, dependence occurs, compulsions drive use, and withdrawal symptoms appear. The end result is...Read More