[goodnesswins]

Yes....many changes are afoot in evaluating root causes of “addiction” and how to deal with them. I’ll pass this on to a friend who is affected by this.

[JockoManning]

FIRST, PLEASE NOTE: My very platonic housemate and I have lived together long enough that we think similarly to a shocking degree. Nevertheless, he contributed significantly to my thinking and comments on the below posts.

Yes....many changes are afoot in evaluating root causes of “addiction” and how to deal with them. I’ll pass this on to a friend who is affected by this.

Thanks for your kind reply.

I think we particularly liked this article because it speaks to hard scientific evidence about [b]FOUNDATIONAL ROOT CAUSES.

Certainly a host of ills spring forth out of a corrupted, flawed, trashed sense of self--particularly of self-worth or, more precisely--the LACK of significant positive self-worth.