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Why Do People With Addictions Seek to Escape Rather Than Connect? A Look at the Approach to Addiction Treatment
09/07/2016
Robert Weiss, LCSW, CSAT-S
This article discusses the belief that addictions are less about the pleasurable effects of addictive substances and behaviors and more about the need to “not feel” the emotional discomfort that arises in...
09/07/2016
