Sentences with phrase «soil of addiction»

Thus they help produce the soil of addiction.

There must, therefore, be some «soil of addiction» which is receptive to the seeds of the problem.

There are those who would deny that any special soil of addiction is necessary.

Having granted that the existence of a physiological soil of addiction is still a moot question, let us turn to the evidence for a psychosocial vulnerability to alcoholism.

(1) We have seen that there may be biochemical factors and that there most certainly are psychological factors in the soil of addiction which renders certain persons vulnerable to alcoholism.

Two kinds of cases tend to confuse the issue regarding the existence of a soil of addiction.

These inner conflicts, which are a carry - over from unsatisfactory childhoods, constitute an essential part of the soil of addiction.

This is the kind of anxiety we have already discussed in considering the psychological factors in the soil of addiction.

The general conclusions of the psychological studies in the field of alcohol ism show that there can be little doubt that psychological maladjustment is an important part of the soil of addiction.

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30 However, the evidence seems clear that the vast majority of American alcoholics do suffer from relatively severe personality disorders which provide the soil in which the seed of addiction takes easy root when the person begins to drink.