The Truth About Addictions
Discover the Reason Why We Become Addicted to Negative Substances and Behaviours. Learn how To Overcome Them and Change Your Life
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Shane Cuthbert
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Ever wondered how we become addicted or why, how, and when we become particularly addicted and how we can overcome our addictions? Let's say, for example, you take a kid who grows up in a home feeling relatively disengaged, disconnected with their family, with the exception of when they all sit down, open up, and talk. They engage and connect with each other over a meal, and then with repetition, over the years when they grow up, they can't understand why every time they feel stressed, bored, disengaged, or disconnected, they feel this urge to kind of eat for comfort. Even when they're not even hungry, they just need to eat for the comfort of it, and they can't figure out where that started because most people don't spend a lot of time reflecting and looking for recurring patterns.
Have you ever watched the movie The Founder about Ray Kroc who started McDonald's? He was this middle-aged guy who was feeling really disengaged, disconnected, and didn't have a very good home relationship with his wife and daughter, but when he was going around selling these McDonald's franchises, he was selling them to mums and dads who bring their kids and they go, "Hi, Ray. How's it going?" and he was like part of the family. He was like the father figure.
The recurring theme with McDonald's when they first started out was "McDonald's is family", and it worked brilliantly for them. They now are the most successful fast food franchise in the world because they promoted that image of bonding and connecting, which humans growing up need to do.
People need to feel a sense of belonging and connectedness. This is especially true when we look at young people these days. Young people especially need that sense of belonging. Nowadays, they worry, "Where's my phone?" If they can't bond or feel engaged or connected with people in real life, there's always a substitute. Now people, young people especially, are literally, literally addicted to their phone.
Instagram is particularly addictive for young people because you could put a filter on the world. You don't have to see reality. That doesn't feel good. You can get this filtered, and I believe it and then. Snapchat is even better because it's like it relies on the impulse mechanism. Just post something, and it's gone so you don't have to worry about the consequences. So, what do you think we do when we don't feel connected? Well, one of the things we do is we seek out self-destructive behaviors and distractions like addictions.
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The Addictive Personality
- Understanding the Addictive Process and Compulsive Behavior, Second Edition
- By: Craig Nakken
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 4 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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For over two decades, The Addictive Personality has helped people understand the process of addiction. Now, through this second edition, author Craig Nakken brings new depth and dimension to our understanding of how an individual becomes an addict. Going beyond the definition that limits dependency to the realm of alcohol and other drugs, Nakken uncovers the common denominator of all addiction and describes how the process is progressive.
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Excellent book!
- By Amazon Customer on 10-24-19
By: Craig Nakken