If your psychological makeup is not the cause of the addiction, than the addiction often causes some psychological dependency linked with its resulting behaviors. Regardless of what your addiction is, you will have to deal with both the behavioral and developmental aspects of its hold on your life. There are sophisticated models in operation on the behavioral level of psychology. Although most of these deal with pathology, they often are easily adapted to lay models for the reinforcing of healthy behaviors. They are simple enough to understand and use, and help in understanding your behavior and the behaviors of others.
Significance is found basically through the understanding of our design .
Service is what happens when we experience the significance and security necessary to develop productive relationships with ourself and others . There is a transformation factor that enables us to translate our significance and security into service. As with behavioral psychology, developmental psychology has formulated many sophisticated models. Most of these deal with pathology, and very few are easily adaptable to lay usage for the reinforcement of healthy behaviors. Belonging is developed mainly in early childhood, and is linked to family and our sense of having community.