Julia Reeder LLC

All human beings have the capacity for addiction. In fact, some would argue that every human being indeed suffers from some kind of addiction. The extent to which your needs were not met as a child is equal to the extent to which you have the propensity to be addicted to something. In other words, if you were unable to attach securely to your caregiver, you’re more likely to attach instead to a substance or activity. Saying somebody has an “addictive personality” is reductive. Like all labels, it can undermine or ignore the cause of the phenomenon, which is attachment.