Since my column is titled, Dr. Dawn’s Rx. I thought I would write something at least tangentially medical on occasion. Now that 2013 is arriving, typical topics in meetings include new beginnings, resolutions, Step One, etc. Let’s have fun in this column starting the New Year by looking at and learning a bit more about how addiction specialists look at our disease. Below is the official short Definition of Addiction used by The American Society of Addiction Medicine
The long definition covers about nine pages and can be found at the back of my book, From the Edge of the Cliff.
Short Definition of Addiction: “Addiction Continue reading