Name: What Is Addiction?
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Description: When you are addicted to a substance or behavior, your brain sends out unhealthy signals, making you believe that something harmful is okay because it makes you feel good for a time.

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What Is Addiction?

Cover art for the Emotional Resilience Self-Reliance Manual.

Emotional Resilience for Self-Reliance

When you are addicted to a substance or behavior, your brain sends out unhealthy signals, making you believe that something harmful is okay because it makes you feel good for a time.

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