What is Addiction?

There are two types of addiction:

1. Chemical
2. Process or Behavioral.

Chemical addictions are addictions to substances such as alcohol, cocaine and other drugs. Process or Behavioral addictions are related to behaviors such as Food, Gambling, Pornography, Sex, Shopping, etc. Addictions are often unhealthy but temporary adaptive coping strategies that people get stuck using to some form of healthy behavior to deal with the effects of trauma.