What is Alcoholism and What is Drug Addiction Really?

submitted: Sep 4th 2008 | by: Carl-Peter | Total views: 1 | Word Count: 310 | PDF View | Print Article

Do you ask yourself the questions, 'what is alcoholism or what is drug addiction really?' because you really want to understand the nature of addiction?

You first need to know that alcoholism and drug addiction are fairly complex so if you are one of those people looking to understand them, please keep reading.

To understand addiction and alcoholism in depth, you would need to know things like the causes of drug addiction and alcoholism, if alcoholism and addiction is a disease, the hereditary and genetic impact on alcoholism.

But lets take it a step further back first and go deeper than that - so that we really get to the heart of the problem.

Yes - you may have a genetic predisposition towards addiction because of an alcoholic or addicted parent which increases the chances of you going down the same route life may be tough for numerous reasons so you use alcohol or drugs to cope, which can lead to alcoholism or drug addiction - but I think there is a far more basic, fundamental factor.

Ultimately it's a lack of wholeness or emptiness that you feel, which you use alcohol or drugs to suppress. I've been there so I know the feeling. You question your purpose and feel disconnected to people and simply life in general.

Andrew Weil, M.D., summarises it brilliantly in his book Natural Health, Natural Medicine. 'Addiction is NOT a psychological or pharmacological problem, and CANNOT be solved by the methods of psychology or pharmacology. It is, at root, a SPIRITUAL concern, because it represents a misdirected attempt to achieve wholeness, to experience inner completeness and satisfaction.'

So coming back to the question of what is alcoholism and what is drug addiction really? Understand that they are essentially a Spiritual problem at their core. And if you remember that, you will have a head start in recovering from them successfully.

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