When people think of someone with an “addictive personality,” the image typically isn’t a pretty one. “When is an addict lying?” goes a joke told by addiction counselors: the snide answer is when his lips are moving.” Media portrayals of addiction tend to depict people with addictions as “fiends” or “demons” whose debauchery (sensual gratification) is driven by a ravenous hedonism, not a human or comprehensible search for safety and comfort. Consequently, and the “addictive personality” is seen as a horrible one: feeble,unreliable, selfish, and out of control.
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