The Multiple Pathways to Addiction and Recovery [thefix.com]
As someone who’s in long-term recovery from alcohol and drug dependency I’ve often reflected upon the various causal factors associated with addiction and what these suggest in terms of successful recovery. There seems to be many diverse opinions, often polarising voices, in relation to the causes, nature and treatment of addiction. There are those that focus upon research into the neurobiology of addiction and consider it to be a “brain disease”. This approach is often associated with...