Loss, and how we deal, or do not deal, with it, plays a major role in addiction and in recovery.
A loss may be real or perceived. While always psychological, there may also be physical and/or social losses.
Addiction is almost always an attempt to fill the void left by that loss with some behavior, activity, that is addictive in nature. We hope this behavior will make us feel better. And it may indeed do just that. But only for a relatively short period of time. The problem, the loss, will always return, and we return to the addictive behavior to avoid that loss.
Recovery is the process of dealing with the loss without turning to any addictive behavior. Whenever there is a loss, we grieve it. Dealing with grief, with a loss, is a process that takes us from initial anger to final acceptance. It is only when we deal with and accept the loss that we can go on living a good and healthy life.
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