Spotting The Signs of Addiction Early
Addiction is a condition. It results in the significant harm of an individual or even to a whole society. For many, addiction is associated with substance addiction – the addiction of drugs or alcohol – however behavioural addiction can also be a problem. That being said, regardless of what someone is suffering from, it’s likely they will all suffer from addictive behaviours.
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Addictive Behaviours
Many don’t realise addictive behaviours are the result of much deeper, underlying issues. What’s more, many assume that when the addiction ends, you’re fully recovered. For some, however, this is when addictive behaviours can become even more problematic.
Struggling With Impulse Control
Impulse control is our body’s ability to fight temptation and stop using a substance or stop taking part in a particular behaviour. As a result of long-term substance abuse, however, the body can become less efficient in utilising impulse control and it can become more difficult, the longer rehabilitation is left. Thankfully, with quality rehab services, you will learn coping methods for keeping this under control and learning to utilise your impulse control to help curb addictive behaviours.
To really get to grips with addictive behaviours and what they are, here are the most problematic behaviours that people with addiction can suffer from.
By identifying addictive behaviours, you can better identify a problem, whether that’s in yourself or a loved one.
Lying
For those struggling with addiction, lying can become a big issue in an attempt to cover up the addiction or simply make it more possible to take part in said addiction. An addict may not want people to know where they’re going or what they’re doing which will result in them lying to people they love.
Theft
Addictions can become expensive. Whether you need to pay for the addiction such as substances or gambling, or need to compensate for absences at work, theft can become a very big problem. Whether you steal from people around you or even places of work/shops etc; the objects being stolen will typically be objects that can easily be sold or pawned i.e electrical items, jewellery etc.
Manipulation
While manipulation could be perceived as lying, this deserves a category of its own. Manipulation is self-seeking as it’s carried out in the expectation of getting something back or in return. It’s important that we remember that addiction negatively transforms a person. While they may have been kind and generous, they may now appear otherwise, using manipulation in order to help their own addiction. This isn’t their true self but the result of an addiction.
Obsession
Whether they’re mid addiction and obsessing over their chosen substance or behaviour, or they’re in recovery and finding something else to obsess over that is seeming to replace their previous behaviour, addicts can get their minds set on something and struggle to focus on anything else.
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