Addiction – Commentary and Recovery

Stranger than Fiction

This post is emmis, as they say in Yiddish. That means the absolute, unvarnished truth, the kind you can take to the bank. The word came to me from the fogbank of my youth, so I checked out the meaning … Continue reading

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Addiction–Why?

What causes addiction? We have discovered that the causes can be many: nature (genetics), nurture (environment), some combination thereof, and other causes. I came by my addiction by virtue of the combo nature/nurture package. I was born sensitive, not necessarily … Continue reading

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