A mood disorder is any condition which prevents an individual from properly regulating or relating to his or her emotional state. Victims of mood disorders are subject to violent and unpredictable mood swings…which perhaps makes it unsurprising that so many of them turn to drugs and alcohol as a means of self-medication. Substance abuse can blunt the most traumatic effects of a mood disorder, and make the disease more bearable than it might otherwise be. The only problem, of course, is that substance abuse is itself extraordinarily self-destructive. In the end, it only makes the situation worse.
The practical implication here is that an addict suffering from mood disorder can’t get sober without first achieving meaningful psychological recovery. You can’t kill a weed without digging up its roots, after all, and you can’t eliminate drug and alcohol abuse without addressing the origins of the additive impulse. The good news is that the dual diagnosis techniques employed by exclusive treatment facilities have proven extraordinarily successful in helping patients get better for good. For your own sake, for the sake of the people you care about…let today be the day you find that out for yourself.
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