Healing the Wounds of Trauma

the last sentence because Michelle had already left and slammed her bedroom door. ❂❂ SMALL GROUP DISCUSSION 1. What was David’s problem? 2. What effect did his problem have on Michelle? On Mike? 3. List some things to which people can be addicted. Share responses in the large group and then top up the answer to the last question as needed with the following: Common addictions include alcohol, tobacco, drugs, eating too much, extreme dieting, running or other exercise, gambling, shop- ping, pornography, sex, and even work. People can become addicted to things that are normally good.

2. What is an addiction? People become addicted to something when they crave it and depend on it to face life. It makes them feel better, or at least keeps them from feeling pain. But when the good feeling goes away, they miss it, so they repeat the behavior again. This goes on over and over. Eventu- ally they become addicted. Their bodies stop producing the chemicals that normally make people feel good, and so these people begin to actually need the thing they’re addicted to in order to feel normal. As time goes on, they need to do more and more of their addiction to get the same good feeling.

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Addictions