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Fill in the blank spaces below. Addiction is an escape.....reality, and different people will find....

Addiction is an escape ........................... ...................reality, and different people will find ...............................ways to escape from the real world. They can be addicted to food, money, power, work, gambling, sex, love ............................................. even to destructive relationships. Do these belong in the same category as alcohol or drugs? And if so, does recovery from those “people addictions’’ work the same way as with alcohol and drugs?
Addicts look for substitutes, and the reason ..................................this is always the same: to escape, to close one eye and not to .................................. the facts. By becoming fat, the overeater insulates ................................................from the world around. It is better to be rejected for the way they look, than for who they are as a ............................................ Thus, being fat becomes a way to avoid the risk of intimacy. There are people who are addicted to work. They will go home.........................., just to avoid interaction with the family.
Workaholism is a dysfunctional attempt to earn self-esteem by being productive. The................................................ may fear intimacy, and take refuge in work as a way of avoiding meaningful interaction with others. Addiction, in every form is a means of survival. Alcoholism is not a slow form of suicide –at least, not as......................................as the alcoholic is concerned. Alcoholics think of drinks as their best-perhaps their only-means of survival.

Answers

1. from

2. different

3. and

4. behind

5. face

6. himself/herself

7. person

8. late

9. far

10. workaholic

marto answered the question on August 8, 2019 at 08:20

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