Addiction

Defining addiction is challenging. If you ask ten different individuals for a definition of addiction chances are good that you will get ten different answers.

Generally speaking addiction is a complex problem that not only effects the mind and body of the addict but also their families, loved ones, and social environment. Addiction effects everyone and everything around the addict. Addiction to a drug or substance takes over the life of the individual and those around them, for an addict there is no life outside or seperate from the all-consuming need for the drug or substance.

Often the addict will deny a problem with the addiction, unfortunalty help is not wanted or needed until the addict has reached "rock bottom" or can no longer deny that help for the addiction is needed.

Addiction Information and Articles

What is Addiction?

Doctors and researchers have conflicting views when it comes to defining addiction. 

What Family Members Need to Know About Addiction

Addiction is a process, not an event.  It takes time for a person to develop an addiction to a substance. 

Who is Affected by Drug Addiction?

Drug addiction affects everyone it touches: the addict, the addict’s loved ones, coworkers, children, parents, spouses, grandparents, and society at large.  When a loved one is suffering from an addiction, it can be very difficult to sit back and watch them destroy their life.