{"id":754,"date":"2015-01-24T23:25:56","date_gmt":"2015-01-24T23:25:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southlakeuniontherapy.com\/?p=754"},"modified":"2021-02-26T04:53:08","modified_gmt":"2021-02-26T04:53:08","slug":"the-real-cause-of-addiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southlakeuniontherapy.com\/the-real-cause-of-addiction\/","title":{"rendered":"The Real Cause of Addiction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.southlakeuniontherapy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Broken-Heart.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Broken Heart South Lake Union Therapy\" width=\"220\" height=\"146\" class=\" wp-image-755 alignleft\" alt=\"Broken Heart \" src=\"https:\/\/www.southlakeuniontherapy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Broken-Heart.jpg\"><\/a><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Real Cause of Addiction<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>This is one of the best articles on addiction I've read in a long time. &nbsp;It echoes what I have seen and experienced around attachment and safety the lengths to which humans will go to find comfort in their absence.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>It is now one hundred years since drugs were first banned -- and all through this long century of waging war on drugs, we have been told a story about addiction by our teachers and by our governments. This story is so deeply ingrained in our minds that we take it for granted. It seems obvious. It seems manifestly true. Until I set off three and a half years ago on a 30,000-mile journey for my new book,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.chasingthescream.com\/\" target=\"_hplink\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Chasing The Scream: The First And Last Days of the War on Drugs<\/em><\/a>, to figure out what is really driving the drug war, I believed it too. 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