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ADDICTION
Addiction is a habituated behavior born of the natural human impulse to soothe,
to connect, to love, to feel safe. Though non-pathological, it causes great harm. It
is the opposite of connection and part of the human condition.
It is a deeply ingrained response to stress and an
attempt to cope through self-soothing. Every Latin Root
“dysfunctional” behavior is an attempt to avoid addico: to a master,
suffering (so actually not so dysfunctional!) a slave, a devotee
addictus: a giving
over
“Addiction is any repeated behavior, substance related or not, in
which a person feels compelled to persist, regardless of its
negative impact on their life and the lives of others.”
- GABOR MATE
“the thirst for wholeness gone awry”
- CARL JUNG
“Don’t ask why the addiction, but why the pain.”
- GABOR MATE
Inquiry
What is your view of addiction?
What beliefs have you held or been told in the past?
How do you mentally & somatically associate with the word
“ADDICT”?
EMERGE 2024
