Risk Factors Developing Addiction (read more)

Components for Individuals, Family, School, and Community…

Resilience is being able to overcome adverse situations and develop a positive self-image despite difficultly…

Some behaviors, especially those that produce rapid, positive changes in how we feel have the potential of becoming compulsive because of the way our brain reacts to them…

John Bowlby, the developer of Attachment Theory, viewed attachment as a selective emotional bond of one for another that supports a sense of closeness and well-being…

Addictions include gambling, food, sex, passionate love, internet, etc…

Many individuals and organizations in the addiction recovery field now believe that addiction should be viewed as a chronic disease, similar to other chronic diseases like diabetes and heart disease.