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DPSN: Understanding addiction

BY BARBARA PIKE

June 3, 2018

Barbara Pike asks, "What do you think of when I talk about addiction? Maybe wild parties, immoral people without boundaries, illicit drug use, a debaucherous lifestyle?" Perhaps you imagine the popular idea of an “addict” – someone who either can’t control themselves or makes a choice to take drugs to the detriment of their own wellbeing.