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Addiction--the thematic malady for our society--entails every type of psychological and societal problem.
by Stanton Peele
Stanton Peele, Ph.D., J.D., has been researching and treating addiction since he wrote Love and Addiction (1975). He also wrote 7 Tools to Beat Addiction. See full bio
February 1, 2009, Addiction

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The Eras of Addiction in the Super Bowl

By Stanton Peele on February 1, 2009 in Addiction in Society

We can review the history of addictive diseases in terms of Super Bowl freak-outs - that is, how players defined and reacted to their substance abuse right before the big game. Three in particular come to mind as representing the major ages of addiction in sports - Denying the Disease (DD), Accepting the Disease (AD), Before the Disease (BD). Read More

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