01/10/2025
The Process of Addiction:
There is sometimes a perception that addiction is something that either exists in a person’s character or does not. This idea can lead to a belief that a person who is struggling with a substance or alcohol addiction may have had one drink or tried an illicit drug one time and immediately became addicted.
However, the reality is a bit more complex than that.
The stages of addiction include:
Initial use.
Misuse.
Tolerance.
Dependence.
Addiction
Relapse.
As defined by the American Society of Addiction Medicine, addiction is a chronic brain disease that affects the brain’s reward, pleasure, memory, and motivation.
Like many chronic diseases, it does not just spring up one day. Often, several circumstances line up that, over time, cause a person who would otherwise enjoy casual drinking or avoid substance misuse to become addicted to drugs or alcohol.
The process of developing addiction, in this case, tends to occur over a series of stages and, like other chronic illnesses, often turns into a cycle of addiction, treatment or abstinence, and relapse.
The multiple stages of addiction can occur over a short period of time, or they can take months or even years to develop.
A person who has only occasionally had a casual drink may, over years, develop a habit that can turn into an alcohol use disorder.
Purval Vyas
Masters In Human Behavior and Psychology.
Counsellor For AUD ( Alcohol Use Disorder)
Counsellor for Suicidal Behavior.
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Pankh
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