Are you an addict?
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2013/02/09/are-addict/?intcmp=features
From the article:
there is a 12-step program for compulsive lip-balmers!
When we think of the word “addict,” images of syringes and hard-core drug use often come to mind. But addiction as an obsessive and compulsive tendency to either ingest a substance or engage in a behavior may not be so black and white.
As Clinical Director of The Dunes, an upscale holistic residential treatment center in East Hampton, N.Y. and as a Clinical Professor specializing in the treatment of addiction at Stony Brook University, I’ve certainly seen my share of addiction. Beyond the usual suspects of drugs, alcohol, cigarettes, coffee, sex, the Internet and gambling, I’ve discovered that people can literally become addicted to anything.
I’m just saying… who am I to question someone with this many credentials ?
Filed under: General Problems
This deals with much of what we have discussed before regarding drug addiction. Is the drug addicting? Or, is the individual predisposed to addiction? Is it the drug or the mind of the mind that is the source of the addiction? We have all seen the person that was ‘addicted’ to one drug, when they can no longer get it, move to another drug.