Effectiveness Bank alert: Surveys show addiction is not a progressive chronic disease
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Surveys show addiction is not a progressive chronic disease
Innovative re-analysis of US national surveys reveals that no matter how long ago someone became dependent on an illegal drug or alcohol, their chances of achieving remission remain the same. These important findings challenge medical and psychological models which assume that progressive neural, lifestyle or psychological changes increasingly lock someone in to addiction.
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