What makes an addiction?
Physically addictive substances used daily can bring these uncomfortable withdrawal symptoms.
Withdrawal
The oldest known intoxicating substances used specifically for recreational purposes (even dating back to biblical times).
Alcohol.
A strong addictive urge that can pull you in a way you may not want to go if you are not careful.
Craving
We experience these in our mind, heart, and gut and it is important to learn how to manage our reaction to them.
Feelings/emotions.
We make dozens if not hundreds of these a day with our mind and one of the best ways to improve our lives is to practice making good ones:
Decisions/choices
It takes more and more of a substance to get the same effect to get the same effect which often fuels the desire and need for using larger amounts
Tolerance
Class of drugs used medicinally for thousands of years to relive physical pain but nowadays often abused to relieve emotional pain.
Opiates/Opioids
You may have went backwards a little bit but still you didn't completely relapse.
It is important to learn to manage this uncomfortable mental experience that can occur when we worry or stress over things.
Anxiety.
This describes overall the way we present and express ourselves. If we have a negative one we should want to change it to grateful and positive.
Attitude
Failure to recognize the truth about a problem, particularly an addiction, is often referred to as this.
Denial
Even though life may be spiraling out of control with dependency clearly increasing, some people may believe that they are not addicted just because they may be obtaining drugs this legal medical way.
Prescription
Some people may try to deal with substance use issue by attempting to use less, or change to a less harmful substance. If that isn't working you may need to consider this more basic old option.
Abstinence/sobriety
These changing temporary states of mind can make us feel high, low, and everything in between so it is important to be able to regulate these.
Moods.
This categorizes and includes all that is most important in your life and, what you care about the most, and what has the most worth to you.
Values
Every bad choice we make can mean we have to face these later. Addiction can cause people to foolishly ignore these repeatedly.
Consquences.
The vast majority of people who use this legal plant use it as often as 10 or 20 times a day despite knowing it is the number one killer of all addictive substances in the world.
MAT (Medication Assisted Treatment).
It is essential to learn to eliminate this negative emotion which stems from holding on to anger and grudges.
Resentment.
You can have ups and downs along the way but what matters most is that you keep moving forward. If that is true then you are steadily making this.
Progress
When you spend too much, use too much or too often and life problems are steadily piling up, it is a good sign you have lost this.
Control
Stimulants such as cocaine, speed, and methamphetamine, when taken for long periods can induce a mental state of hallucinations and extreme period of delusions called:
They say relapse doesn't suddenly happen out of nowhere- It's not an event, it is often much more of a gradual.....
Process.
Trauma/PTSD
This involves all the people. places, and things that you surround yourself with and that you choose to be connected to.
Associations.