Understanding Behavioral Addiction: Types, Similarities, & Differences
Since the World Health Organization began compiling reports about addictions after World War II, the incidence of substance abuse has been consistently higher than behavioral addictions. However, some mental health researchers have been questioning this trend. Substance abuse has been studied as a public health issue for much longer than behavioral addictions, and the primary reason is a matter of measurability. The data collection and
Does Having One Beer Mean Breaking Sobriety?
In the 2019 country music hit “One Beer” by Hardy, the protagonist’s life gets turned upside down, complete with an unwanted pregnancy and a shotgun wedding, after drinking a single Bud Light. Approximately 15 years before Hardy, underground rapper MF DOOM released a song with the same name, but the consequences were different because the beer in question was the prize for reducing rival MCs
