http://www.gatehouseacademy.com/blog/2008/07/22/a-refresher-on-drug-use-abuse-and-addiction/ Drug rehab blog from Gatehouse Academy. Gatehouse is a long term drug rehab and alcohol rehab and extended care treatment center for young adults offer the opportunity for young adults age 17-25 to recover from their dependencies. Mon, 26 Jul 2010 03:33:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.gatehouseacademy.com/blog/2008/07/22/a-refresher-on-drug-use-abuse-and-addiction/comment-page-1/#comment-577 kayakotto Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:10:06 +0000 http://www.gatehouseacademy.com/blog/2008/07/22/a-refresher-on-drug-use-abuse-and-addiction/#comment-577 The definition I like for addiction is "Addiction is a condition characterized by repeated, compulsive seeking and use of drugs, alcohol or other similar substances despite adverse social, mental and physical consequences, It is usually accompanied by psychological and physical dependence on the abused substance and the appearance of withdrawal symptoms when the addictive substance is rapidly decreased or terminated. When addiction exists, the drug use controls the individual rather than the individual controlling the usage." This is from a little booklet entitled Healing Addicted Lives, By Gary Smith CCDC. The definition I like for addiction is “Addiction is a condition characterized by repeated, compulsive seeking and use of drugs, alcohol or other similar substances despite adverse social, mental and physical consequences, It is usually accompanied by psychological and physical dependence on the abused substance and the appearance of withdrawal symptoms when the addictive substance is rapidly decreased or terminated. When addiction exists, the drug use controls the individual rather than the individual controlling the usage.” This is from a little booklet entitled Healing Addicted Lives, By Gary Smith CCDC.

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