(This is Part 1 of a 5-part series on addiction).
Just about everyone in our society is addicted to something. Addictions can take many forms:
SUBSTANCE ADDICTIONS: addiction to alcohol, recreational drugs, prescription meds, caffeine, nicotine, food, sugar, carbohydrates.
PROCESS ADDICTIONS: addiction to love, connection, caretaking, anger, resistance, withdrawal, and to activities such as:
TV
Computer/internet
Busyness
Gossiping
Sports
Exercise
Sleep
Work
Making money
Spending money
Gambling
Sex, masturbation, pornography
Shopping
Accumulating things
Worry
Obsessive thinking (ruminating)
Self-criticism
Talking a lot
Talking on the telephone a lot
Reading
Gathering information (if only I know enough I will feel safe)
Meditation
Religion
Crime
Danger
Cutting themselves
Glamour, beautifying
We can use anything as a way of avoiding feelings and avoiding taking responsibility for our painful feelings. Whenever we engage in an activity with the intention of...
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