While most people think of alcohol and other drugs when they think of addiction, this is actually the least common form of addiction.
Process addictions are behaviors and lifestyles that are destructive and harmful yet we cannot stop engaging in them. The basic categories of process addictions are Work, Food, Sex, Gambling (risk taking behavior). Under these categories are a ton of the things most people in our society struggle with such as mood disorders (like anxiety, depression, bipolar, even seasonal affective disorder), learning disabilities (like ADD, ADHD, and even dyslexia), Stress disorders (like trauma, PTSD, social anxiety and adjustment disorder), behavioral disorders (like anger management issues (IED), antisocial personality disorder (ASPD), Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD), and Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)), even metabolic disorders such as obesity are connected within these categories.
This seems like a lot and it is. At the root of all of these disorders and symptoms is a common cause of a disruption to an area of the brain called The Reward Cascade. Simply put, the reward cascade is responsible for us feeling the sense of “Well-Being”. If we cannot feel good within ourselves and about our lives, independent of circumstances, then we are in deep suffering. Anyone who is in deep suffering with no way out will self medicate through any number of substances or behaviors regardless of how harmful they maybe to themselves and those they love.
There is hope! Through a unique approach which incorporates gentle chiropractic adjustments, Somatic Integration, Counseling, Amino Acid Therapy, Auricular Therapy, along with a few more; the sense of feeling good about ourselves and our lives can be built and restored.