Overcome Addiction -One Root Cause |
There has been much controversy surrounding the cause of addiction, and up until
now no one, I repeat no one has had the intestinal fortitude to link addiction to one
root cause. Well, consider it done because that is exactly what I aim to do! There has
been quite the debacle and a governmental hullabaloo over the brain disease model,
which has been adopted by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). Despite the
fact that research has proven alcohol and drugs to be mind altering substances, there
is no clinical proof that can conclusively label brain disease as being the cause of
addiction. With over sixty five percent of the American public medicating themselves
with prescription drugs, we seem quite steadfast in manufacturing new ones. Now, I
am not disputing the fact that sometimes prescription medications are necessary, and
help restore many people to optimal health. However, we are quickly becoming a
medicated society! Furthermore, this conjecture can not be tied to all of the other
types of addictions that exist, such as food, gambling, sexual and shopping to name a
few. Surely these addictive behaviors do not chemically alter the brain! Many
proponents of the disease model would have you believe that a food addiction is the
result of the individual being addicted to the chemical substances in the food! Even if
this were true, which it is not, this theory does not explain why some choose a
gambling, shopping or sexual addiction! Would the same proponents have us believe
that there is a chemical substance in the lever of the slot machine that addicts the
compulsive gambler, or that there is a chemical substance in the local mall that
addicts the compulsive shopper? According to Stanton Peele, “7 Tools to Beat
Addiction” Alan Leshner (NIDA) President, 1994-2001 stated; More and more
people have been thinking that contrary to earlier views there is a commonality
between substance abuse addictions and other compulsions. This statement does not
at all represent the current views of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, which is
exclusively branded to the brain disease model. However, it does represent mine!
There is a commonality or a Square Root of Addiction in every self destructive,
compulsive behavior, which is the need to MASK THE PAIN OF UNDERLYING
EMOTIONAL SCARS CAUSED BY FAMILY DYSFUNCTION. That’s it, plain and simple! Addiction
is not a complex incurable brain disease, it is a choice! And, if you understand why
you made that choice in the first place, you can make another choice not to!
Best wishes,
David Roppo
Addiction Coach
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