18 November 2016

Individuals with addictive disorders suffer in the extreme with two basic aspects of human nature. They cannot control their emotions and they cannot control their behaviors. They either feel too much or they feel too little; they are over controlled or they are out of control. These two extremes are crucial if not essential aspects of addictive disorders. Such generalizations are a risky way to start a book. In doing so I run the risk of seeming to know the truth or of being dogmatic. 0

Unlike the thirst of water and the hunger of food that have to be satisfied without fail the consumption of ethanol isn’t necessary for the physiological functioning of a human body. So a normal wish to drink it can be compared to a desire to try some delicacies (as an additional regulative the esthetic determinant can be viewed in this aspect).