What Is Addiction Recovery? Addiction recovery refers to a process an individual goes through when taking positive steps to recover from addiction pertaining to alcohol use, drug use, sexual impulses, or other behaviors. (1) While there are many types of addictions, they share four common elements.
Sometimes referred to as the 4 Cs of addiction, the 4 common elements are: Compulsion Craving Consequences Control Ad Whether an individual is dealing with alcohol abuse, gambling, drug, sexual, or other behavioral addiction, compulsions drive them to seek out the object of their addictions.
Cravings occur in all types of addictions, even non-substance behavioral addictions. All addictions have consequences to an extent, ranging from hangovers due to drinking too much to financial debt caused by compulsive gambling.
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