Yet a human being can addict to nearly anything - examples are food, sex, sleep, shoplifting, computer games, TV, and some people even addict to love. If compulsions and obsessions are included as addictive behaviour, few people may seem to be addiction free. Their answers will often sound like incomplete justifications. Gambling is in my blood. This brief article is about some of the consequences of addictions, and a holistic method of resolving addictions in a way that makes sense.
All consequences affect a person's joy of living, consequences that can create profound suffering.
This article is for people with addictions, and for people who have suffered as a result of an addiction. Some of this information may be useful to healers, counsellors and therapists. The implications of this talk may also interest members of addiction support groups - and to those people who benefit from addictions in others. The information in this talk is used within a frame of life coaching. Addictive behaviours can be perceived as forms of identity loss.