Addiction vs. Dependence Addiction is a chronic, typically relapsing, brain disease that affects the reward structure of the brain, causing compulsive drug use and seeking behaviors, despite suffering the negative consequences associated with addiction. Drug addiction is considered a brain disease because, over time and abuse, it changes the function and structure of the brain. […]

Dry Drunk Anytime someone breaks their addiction to alcohol and becomes sober, there is a reason for optimism and hope for their future. Up until that point, life was likely distressing and unpredictable for both the drinker and his or her loved ones. So, it naturally follows that by stopping drinking, life for everyone around

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