Addiction

As I have said often before - the first step in healing, whether it be alcoholism, drug addiction or whatever - is understanding what you're dealing with.

Because knowledge leads to understanding - and once you understand what addiction is really about - you can get out of your own way and make progress on finding a way out. Having predetermined and inflexible ideas about a subject, as many do with regards alcohol and drug addiction, just means we make it make it far more difficult for ourselves in trying to beat an addiction (or help someone else with theirs).

So step number one needs to be you getting out of your own way, getting the information/knowledge you need - and then moving forward from there to start your journey of healing and recovery. Too many of us have a need to be right, rather than just staying open-minded to a subject. In certain cases there is nothing wrong with that - but when you're dealing with issues as important as alcoholism and drug addiction - there is no place for egos.

When it comes to understanding the nature of alcoholism and drug addiction, a particularly contentious issue is the addiction/alcoholism as a disease argument. At the end of the day, whether or not you agree with this line of reasoning, should make little difference to you doing everything you can to fight your own or help someone else fight their addiction. Another subject that often creates controversy - is the causes of addiction. Science is now proving that addictive tendencies are increasingly being passed on through the genes, which is unfortunately something many people still don't accept.

For more in-depth information around these subjects, follow the links in the resource box provided. But my point is - ultimately these issues should be secondary to doing whatever is necessary to get clean and sober.

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