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Addiction as an illness with drugs as a symptom: it's a philosophy borrowed from Narcotics Anonymous and Alcoholics Anonymous
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Addiction as an illness with drugs as a symptom: it's a philosophy borrowed from Narcotics Anonymous and Alcoholics Anonymous and, though there is no hard medical evidence to prove it, it acts as an effective metaphor for what happens when people get addicted to drugs. And it's increasingly a model that the Home Office and the British criminal justice system are turning to. For centers like Broadway Lodge it operates with a 12-step programmed, developed originally Alcoholics Anonymous. This means working through a series of quasi-religious stages towards drug free enlightenment. A monastic lifestyle is demanded of patients, so that not only are drugs and alcohol banned, but also exclusive relationships between recovering addicts. Through written work and therapy sessions, addicts are first mad to recognize their powerlessness over drugs and reveal how their values and principles have been undermined by substance abuse. The medical and scientific research on the nature...
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