Warning Signs of Compulsive Behaviors During Recovery
While some individuals work through recovery, they replace the time spent misusing alcohol or drugs with different compulsive behaviors in other areas of life. These include excessive exercising, compulsive gambling, food addiction, or shopping addiction. Replacing substance addiction with compulsive behaviors is a phenomenon also known as “behavioral addiction,” “addiction transfer,” or “cross addiction.” These […]
The Stages of Relapse
A person does not develop substance addiction within a day. Repeated and long-term use of drugs and alcohol can be hard to quit because the chemicals in a person’s brain have formed a strong dependence on them. As a result, it may take a long time to quit substance use. Even when someone has achieved […]