What is at the Heart of Addictive Behavior?
Karyn George
Addictive behavior can be described as a pattern of thoughts and behaviors that emerges in a person when they interact with something that they desire and leads to a cycle that includes a preoccupation with the object of addiction, cravings that make it difficult to resist, followed by an overriding sense of shame. Addiction can be to substances (alcohol or drugs), pornography, disorderly eating, shopping, gambling, shoplifting, or any other desire that grips the human heart and takes control over a person’s ability to function without it. While the world calls addictive behavior a disease or the result of a genetic predisposition or mental health disorder, the Bible uses less...
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