Wade Austin Padgett

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Mental Health and Addiction in Context

AddictionnnThere is a popular notion among many of those who think of themselves as addicts (as well as those close to them) that the process of maturation or psychological development somehow ceases or is suppressed as addiction commences.nnThis idea varies in its particulars from one person to the next. For one it may mean that maturation ceased at the first drink or hit of marijuana. For others, it may mean the point at which their relationships began to show obvious wear.

September 10, 2007