If you are really trying to understand alcoholism and drug addiction, and find yourself asking, \'what is drug addiction and what is alcoholism?\' hopefully I can help.nnWith drug addiction and alcoholism being quite complex, if you\'re serious about wanting to get a handle on what they are, hopefully what I\'m about to share with you will help your understanding.nnTo understand addiction and alcoholism in depth, you would need to know things like the causes of drug addiction and alcoholism, if alcoholism and addiction is a disease, the hereditary and genetic impact on alcoholism.nnBut lets take it a step further back first and go deeper than that - so that we really get to the heart of the problem.nnHaving an alcoholic or drug addict parent who has passed down the addiction gene to you may increase your chances of going the same way, or you may simply find the stresses of life getting you down so alcohol or drugs have become your comfort, but there is still fundamentally a deeper reason at play.nnAn emptiness and lack of wholeness are what I believe are the underlying reasons you use drugs or alcohol. I know the feeling because I\'ve been there. You wonder what your purpose is, you feel disconnected from people - from life.nnAndrew Weil, M.D., summarises it brilliantly in his book Natural Health, Natural Medicine. \'Addiction is NOT a psychological or pharmacological problem, and CANNOT be solved by the methods of psychology or pharmacology. It is, at root, a SPIRITUAL concern, because it represents a misdirected attempt to achieve wholeness, to experience inner completeness and satisfaction.\'nnSo if you really question, what is alcoholism and what is drug addiction? Know that they are in essence a Spiritual \'problem\' first and foremost. And by keeping that in mind you will go a long way to overcoming them successfully.
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