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Addiction is defined as a chronic, relapsing brain disease that is characterized by compulsive drug seeking and use, despite harmful consequences. â  It is considered a brain disease because drugs change the brainâthey change its structure and how it works.
For many decades it's been widely accepted that alcoholism (or addiction) is a disease. The disease concept is taught in addiction training programs and told to patients in treatment programs. It is unquestioned by public figures and the media.ddiction has very little in common with diseases. It is a group of behaviors, not an illness on its own. It cannot be explained by any disease process. Perhaps worst of all, calling addiction a disease interferes with exploring or accepting new understandings of the nature of addiction.