Addictive behaviors are universal. According to the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, one in eight Americans suffers with addictive behaviors regarding drugs or alcohol and it costs society approximately $250 billion per year.
In addition to addictive behaviors potentially having a strong genetic link, the increasing stress in our culture makes it obvious why so many of us are craving avoidance and escape.
How do we break free from that next fix?
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Ann
9:29 pm on
January 24th, 2012Have you heard of SMART Recovery? smartrecovery.org It’s a cognitive behavior based alcohol and addiction program
Yes, what is your experience with it?
Dear Dr.Goldstein,
It has been my experince that one must a apply deep feeling process to successfuly end an addiction prior to cognitive . For a detailed explanation, please visit my site.
Chuck..
Very interesting articel! Thank you very much for sharing your thoughts!
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