The Recovery Show hosted by M. Shirvington Hannays, Mr. RAPsoul.R; The Laughing Drama Therapist

From "like a Disease" to "Is a Disease", how did we get here? How did E. M. Jellinek's analogy for Alcoholism being like a "Disease" evolved into "Addiction is a Disease?" EPISODE 1.

In this episode I take the position and present several arguments in support of my theory that addiction is not a Disease. However, that it can be argued that due to substance abuse and misuse, areas of the Brain becomes altered and as such its functioning in the affected areas are altered.

What can't a person with an Addiction just get their act together and just stop using the drug of choice or the behaviour they have lost control to. What then is the key to understand to have managed recovery.

This episode explores and looks at what happens in the body; the Brain more specifically after substances enters the body and gets to the place it usually has an effect at or on. Put another way, what the drugs or substance does to the body and what the body does to the substance or drug once it gets into the body.

Making the distinction between Substance Abuse against Addiction(s), and why it isn't a Brain disease.

Using the 11 criteria for Substance use disorders to explore the 4 grouping that indicates impairment and loss of ability to control one's use and or addictive behaviours.

My definition of Addiction(s) is made in the context and construct that "The Process of Addictions is rooted in Addictive thinking that overtime alters the brains structure and thus it functions which can be confused as the brain having a disease of some kind. Altered brain structure equal altered brain function however this does take into action the unique self repairing phenomenon of the br...

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