Brain addiction is a disease. Brain Addiction Disease can be labeled by its acronym BAD. It can be catalogued in disease taxonomies along with ADD, ADHD, OCD, MS, STD and a myriad of other multi-letter dysfunctions that challenge human health. A disease is defined as a pathological process involving organ dysfunction associated with morbidity and mortality. Addicts and chronic, non-cancerous pain patients often have relatively unique disease processes which commonly include co-morbid psychiatric and addictive disorders.
Brain Addiction Disease [BAD] is a pandemic. The debilitating ailment pervades the planet. Its neural pathology permeates the cellular network of human consciousness and culture. Its pathways to personal pathology are pernicious. Brain Addiction Disease [BAD] meets the classic definition of a pandemic. The World Health Organization defines a pandemic as “a worldwide epidemic of a disease.”
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Addictions change brains. Chemical addictions change brain cells. Definitions of addiction which do not include “brain change” are wishful thinking, bad habits or a coverup. Brain change is the sine qua non of addiction, the prime mover, the first cause. Step One of Alcoholics Anonymous admits powerlessness over alcohol. Chemical and habitual dependencies reflect brain diseases. Insidious compulsions infect the brain and take over behavior. Thoughts become obsessions. Will power is turned off. The ability to “Just Say No” is shut down.
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1. Addictions Change Brains ____________________
Addictions change brains. Chemical addictions change brain cells. Definitions of addiction which do not include “brain change” are wishful thinking, bad habits or a coverup. Brain change is the sine qua non of addiction, the prime mover, the first cause. Step One of Alcoholics Anonymous admits powerlessness over alcohol. Chemical and habitual dependencies reflect brain diseases. Insidious compulsions infect the brain and take over behavior. Thoughts become obsessions. Will power is turned off. The ability to “Just Say No” is shut down.
The controlling possession demands absolute homage. “Bow down and worship me,” the disease implores, “and I shall reward you with great pleasure and more. Thou shalt have no other drug before me.”
BAD Command 1: Thou shalt have no other drug before me.
2. What is Brain Addiction Disease (BAD)? ____________________
Brain addiction is a disease. Brain Addiction Disease can be labeled by its acronym BAD. It can be catalogued in disease taxonomies along with ADD, ADHD, OCD, MS, STD and a myriad of other multi-letter dysfunctions that challenge human health. A disease is defined as a pathological process involving organ dysfunction associated with morbidity and mortality. Addicts and chronic, non-cancerous pain patients often have relatively unique disease processes which commonly include co-morbid psychiatric and addictive disorders.
The disease cries out for constant attention and unceasing adoration, “Feed me and don’t take my name in vane.”
BAD Command 2: Don’t take my name in vane.
Addictions change brains. Chemical addictions change brain cells. Definitions of addiction which do not include “brain change” are wishful thinking, bad habits or a coverup. Brain change is the sine qua non of addiction, the prime mover, the first cause. Step One of Alcoholics Anonymous admits powerlessness over alcohol. Chemical and habitual dependencies reflect brain diseases. Insidious compulsions infect the brain and take over behavior. Thoughts become obsessions. Will power is turned off. The ability to “Just Say No” is shut down.
The controlling possession demands absolute homage. “Bow down and worship me,” the disease implores, “and I shall reward you with great pleasure and more. Thou shalt have no other drug before me.”
BAD Command 1: Thou shalt have no other drug before me.
2. What is Brain Addiction Disease (BAD)? ____________________
Brain addiction is a disease. Brain Addiction Disease can be labeled by its acronym BAD. It can be catalogued in disease taxonomies along with ADD, ADHD, OCD, MS, STD and a myriad of other multi-letter dysfunctions that challenge human health. A disease is defined as a pathological process involving organ dysfunction associated with morbidity and mortality. Addicts and chronic, non-cancerous pain patients often have relatively unique disease processes which commonly include co-morbid psychiatric and addictive disorders.
The disease cries out for constant attention and unceasing adoration, “Feed me and don’t take my name in vane.”
BAD Command 2: Don’t take my name in vane.
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