How To Heal Addictions A great deal of confusion exists about
the subject of addictions, because a great deal of confusion
exists about defining what an addiction is. For instance, here
is a definition from a popular dictionary: "Addiction is the
fact or condition of being addicted to a particular substance,
thing, or activity." That kind of leaves you hanging, doesn't
it? When people think of addictions, the most common type that
comes to mind is an intense craving for a particular physical
substance, like alcohol or one or more of many drugs. And a very
popular theory is that it is in the nature of such substances to
be addictive. In other words, the substance itself introduces
chemical changes in the body that produce a chemically-based
craving when the substance is withdrawn or not available. Of
course, this does not explain similar symptoms that occur with
non-drug addictions, like gambling. In the psychiatric community
there is a popular theory based on the idea of a brain disease
called "addictive pers