Addiction is a chronic but a treatable
problem. People who are addicted cannot control their need for alcohol or other drugs, even
in the face of negative health, social or legal consequences. This lack of control is
the result of alcohol- or drug-induced changes in the brain.
We call anything abnormal when one or other aspects of our
functioning are getting hampered. In de – addiction also, our spectrum of life
does gets hampered like our personal life, professional life, relationships,
social circle, productivity of life or any other dimension.
Addiction is not just limited to substance anymore, but these days it has increased its horizons to behavioural
aspects as well. This is called behavioural
addiction.
Activities such as gambling, eating, gymming, viewing
pornography, playing videogames are conducive to addiction as they result in immediate
gratification of need. Similarly, the
frequent cell phone texting that many young people do especially ‘Whatsapp’ and
‘Blackberry’ messenger, in which they send and receive hundreds of messages a
day, contains the conditions for addiction. One
of the other very frequently heard behavioural addiction is that of internet.
There is no age bracket for any kind of prognosis in
addiction. It can range from teenage years till old age.
This article written by Akanksha Madan practicing as Clinical
psychologist at The Counselling Institute. More on their website: http://www.thecounsellinginstitute.in
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