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David C. Holzman Shatters Addiction Myths

David C. Holzman Shatters Addiction Myths by Lynn R. Webster @LynnRWebsterMD

Addiction Is a Complex Disease

In a WBUR CommonHealth article, “How I Was Seduced By Cigarettes, And What Set Me Free,” David C. Holzman bravely recalled his struggle with the addiction of nicotine. He was honest enough to describe the stressors in his life that made him vulnerable to the addiction and the changes of fortune that helped him to recover.

Holzman’s article can help dispel some common myths about addiction.

As the American Psychiatric Association says, “Addiction is a complex condition, a brain disease that is manifested by compulsive substance use despite harmful consequence.” That is correct, but many people define addiction incorrectly.

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Ways to Help a Recovering Senior Addict Parent from a Distance

Recovering Senior Addict Parent by Marie Villeza
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By Marie Villeza, Guest Columnist

When your senior parent is fighting addiction in a recovery treatment center, and you live far away, it becomes difficult to identify what you can do to help her. Recognized as an “invisible epidemic,” many relatives of seniors hooked on drugs or alcohol first have problems accepting the grandmother of the family needs professional rehabilitation help. The standard public imagination resists the idea of a “sweet” senior being hooked on drugs or alcohol.

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