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Tip 20 The Negative Role of Anxiety and Depression
Feelings of anxiety and depression will play a negative role in whatever addiction you are battling. When you are anxious or depressed you are more at risk in taking an active role in your addiction. These negative emotions can be hard for the addict to manage. These will be the times when you turn to your addiction for relief from feelings that you dont want to feel.
Any treatment for addiction will pay close attention to teaching the addict how to deal with feelings of anxiety and depression. |