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Which comes first . . . the chicken or the egg?
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<blockquote data-quote="toughlovin" data-source="post: 463650"><p>I have been thinking about this. I think there are a lot of factors... I don't think it is always cooccuring mental illness. Sometimes it is major trauma in ones life. I think (and this is just my own opinion and not based on anything but that) that most people who are addicts become so because they learn that using drugs or alchol helps them cope with life and drowns out their problems. Obviously it is not a good or healthy coping skill but that is what it is. I don't think an addict can just stop using and be better with no other supports. They need to also deal with whatever thing they are tyring to cope with... so that may be mental illness, it may be some sort of trauma, it may be somethingn else.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="toughlovin, post: 463650"] I have been thinking about this. I think there are a lot of factors... I don't think it is always cooccuring mental illness. Sometimes it is major trauma in ones life. I think (and this is just my own opinion and not based on anything but that) that most people who are addicts become so because they learn that using drugs or alchol helps them cope with life and drowns out their problems. Obviously it is not a good or healthy coping skill but that is what it is. I don't think an addict can just stop using and be better with no other supports. They need to also deal with whatever thing they are tyring to cope with... so that may be mental illness, it may be some sort of trauma, it may be somethingn else. [/QUOTE]
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