Disease of Addiction

More and more researchers and addiction experts support the theory of addiction as a disease. Addiction is viewed as a neurological disease. When individuals lose control of their substance use, they have undergone physical neurological changes in their brain and nervous system.

Addiction and genetics are often believed to be linked. Research has indicated a genetic component to behavior, with children of addicts being 8 times for likely to develop addictions than others. For these individuals, addiction and recovery must go hand in hand if they want to live a life free from the grips of substance addiction.