By Katharine Gammon — 2019
New science tells us how to better manage our addictions.
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CLEAR ALL
"I knew how progressive the disease was. I knew each time I used, I fell faster and faster. I knew when I went out that day I was a dead man. I didn't go out to do drugs. I went out to die."
Addiction is now recognized to be a chronic illness that lurks indefinitely within an addict in recovery.
