Treating Addiction as a personal failing or weakness is stigmatizing and doesn\'t work-not for those living with it, or for their loved ones.
Whether the Addiction involves alcohol, narcotics, gambling, food, or sex, it is vital to examine what is happening in the brain, not simply focus just on correcting a person.
Understanding Addiction as a primary chronic brain disease allows us to see the symptoms and behaviours as they really are, and provide treatment programs that go beyond the stigma.
Treating Addiction as a personal failing or weakness is stigmatizing and doesn\'t work-not for those living with it, or for their loved ones