Matters of Choice in Addiction and Recovery

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The role of choice in the onset of addiction is keenly debated. The question is whether addiction is involuntary or a matter of choice. No One Deliberately Chooses a Life of Addiction No one we have so far admitted to rehab ever harboured the childhood ambition to become an addict when they grew up. Why […]

Recovery from Addiction Takes Practice

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You will get better at whatever it is you aim to do well at if you practice. How much improvement you make and how quickly you achieve it may be dependent on factors other than the amount of practice alone. As any behavioural or substance addiction treatment centre will advise, this principle certainly applies to achieving recovery […]