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I believe addiction to extend beyond the clinical terms of

'dopamine', 'reward', 'cycle', 'pattern', 'habit' & the like.

I stand by the proposition of it being a chronic disease, as

you would view any other illness, of which warrants the

dignity, respect, consideration, acknowledgement, and

treatment as per any other health condition.

Terms of 'weak' & 'choice' perpetuate the notion & stigma that

addicts are 'less than', and do not warrant the common

courtesy of being a part of the human condition and of

being human.

Addiction deserves to be viewed in a holistic, multi - faceted approach; with it's factors,

components, triggers, and mental health as part of a

bigger picture of an individual’s entire life experience.

The key concept in viewing and treating addiction should incorporate a person's underlying / core issues.

What perpetuates the behaviour?

What relief & purpose does it bring?

From what pain and anguish is the person medicating against?

I firmly state that addiction is not a singular clinical terminology, nor a deficit of character, personality, or willpower.

I believe it to be a remedy for whatever is missing (real or perceived) within a person.

The common themes?

Love. Connection. Relief. Humanity.

To be human.

In the duality of being an integral part of the human experience, to be a valued and included member of society as a whole and within a person’s societal community of choice.

To experience all aspects of being human: the emotions, the roles, and the diversity and complexity.

Being human can be messy, painful, and unpredictable for us all.

Throw into the mix trauma, mental illness, stress, and difficulty in emotional regulation, and then maladaptive coping mechanisms and patterns form.

We are all doing our best being human.

Trying to deal with life and whatever that entails for us.

We all seek relief, comfort, and peace: in a multitude of ways.

For some, what once started as remedy and medicine, has become addiction, in whatever form that may take.

(Behavioural - Gambling, Substances & Alcohol)

To be human is complex.

Addiction is complex.

Addiction is to be viewed holistically, broadly in scope, and with the basic kindness and compassion of that which is the human condition.

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Real inner healing doesn't come with a pill it comes from being prepared to give up what is making you sick.

That's not just certain foods or habits but the emotional patterns of behaviour that you sabotage yourself with.

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I feel unhappy, depressed, feel like crying but there’s just some tears in my eyes not falling out, physically I feel something heavy on my chest, something in my throat, feelling hot on the inside of the body and but cold on the outside due to the fan blowing on me, my stomach is growling, I am not sure if I am hungry, my tongue is in pain because there is an ulcer on it. I have been trying to make new friends online, but I have so many pending messages that I am not replying to them, I worry that they will dislike me for not replying, but I don’t feel well enough to engage in conversations, I don’t want to reveal that I am actually very unhappy, but faking happiness seem such an insincere thing to do, I don’t want to be insincere. I am not very sure why I am in such a state, maybe because things are not going the way I want it to, and I am not willing to accept it. I prepared many things to fill up my time, I prepared movies to watch, novels to read, mobile games to play, colouring to do, word search book to do, songs to listen, but I don’t feel like doing any of those things, I am hiding in my room, lying on my bed, just wishing everything is fine again. I don’t feel like I can do these things, but I know I want to go to work, have my psychiatrist back again, stop feeling hurt and embarrassed by the past, go out with my best friends for dinner and chatting, maybe watch some movies, go out and meet new people with confidence, dress up in nice clothes and simply be happy again. I want to enjoy my life but I can’t do it. I don’t like it that things are out of my control. I don’t like the things that have happened to me. I don’t like that the future seem so dark and scary. I don’t even know if this is depression. I try to google the answer to stop all these pain but they keep telling me to move on, to accept things, to do things. I don’t want to hear those answers, I don’t want to do them. I feel like people will tell me “if I don’t help myself then no one can help me”. I’m so afraid to hear that, I don’t want that to be the truth. I need help, I feel afraid to be left alone to fend for myself, I wish my psychiatrist can help me again, As I am writing this, I am finally crying. But nothing has changed, the problem still exist, I am still helpless.
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