Understanding the ties that bind – what is addictive behaviour?
You may have turned to this chapter looking for help in dealing with a very minor annoying habit or an incredibly common problem like smoking or overeating that affects huge numbers of us. If this is the case (and even if you use recreational drugs and smoke a little more cannabis than you suspect is good for you) being invited to lump yourself together with someone struggling with a full-scale opiate addiction or who meets the diagnostic criteria for alcoholism may seem ludicrous, possibly insulting. But please bear with me. Although there are clearly some significant differences between the major addictions and the more trivial, common or garden habits most of us fall into at one ...
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