Addiction

It can start as a way to simply feel good,  or it can be a way to numb pain. For some, it's just how they learned to cope with life. But whatever the substance or behavior,  it progresses to the point of taking over. Experience and science show that it eventually goes far beyond choices of right or wrong. Caused by repeated activation of the brain's internal chemistry, it becomes a compulsion that alters the way the brain works. 

Recovery is possible. The mind can be renewed. It is often a long and difficult journey to find and maintain the willingness and motivation to change. But it can be done.