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#206780 - 08/13/10 02:09 PM
Re: Addictive Minds?
[Re: jabber]
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Right! Or, they had a mental health problem to begin with and started "self-medicating" hoping to find some relief from whatever was going on in the first place. Either way, I think mental health issues and substance abuse (drugs, including alcohol) go hand in hand and I'm not sure you can fix one of them without addressing the other one also. Or the person is set up to relapse because the initial problem is still there.
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#206790 - 08/13/10 06:26 PM
Re: Addictive Minds?
[Re: yonuh]
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Chicken or egg, nature versus nurture? If parent(s) are hard-wired toward addiction, due to genetics, mental illness, trauma, whatever, will their children be predisposed to be hard-wired toward addiction? It is a challenge to over-come an addiction without addressing the root cause(s).
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#206828 - 08/14/10 01:20 PM
Re: Addictive Minds?
[Re: Princess Lenora]
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I was taught that a child of an addict is 4 times more likely to be an addict even if put in a different home at birth. They said this was the basis of the believe that it is, in some cases, a genetically determined glitch. That is why children of alcoholics should avoid any alcohol..
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#206853 - 08/15/10 02:09 AM
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#206970 - 08/19/10 06:29 PM
Re: Addictive Minds?
[Re: jabber]
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No one chooses to be an addict..is it not an attempt to escape the reality they are experiencing. What starts as social drinking can grow for those with an addicive personality.
Life has shown me many ways to enhance my happiness whatever else is going on.For that I am grateful.
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#206972 - 08/19/10 08:54 PM
Re: Addictive Minds?
[Re: Mountain Ash]
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Well said, Ash. I even think it may go beyond 'addictive personality' to also include a physical propensity to addiction. But you are right, no one chooses addiction. Believe me it is too painful when in the grips of active addiction.
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