Griffith 6 components

• Addiction is the compulsive and excessive use of a substance or behaviour for pleasure despite knowing its harmful.
• Physiological addiction involves the misuse of substances so that a person is physically dependent.
• Psychological addiction is where there are no substance abuses however the individual engages in behaviour that they struggle to stop such as gambling.
• Initiation - a potentially addictive behaviour begins.
• Maintenance - the behaviour continues and addiction is established.
• Cessation - stopping the substance use/behaviour that has become addictive.
• Relapse - reverting to performing the behaviour or substance usage after a period of stopping.
• Tolerance - needing to use a substance or perform a behaviour in increasing amounts to get the same feeling.
• Mood alteration is subjective experiences including feeling high or numb.
• Salience is when the addiction dominates all aspects of a person’s life, this may mean they think about it all time.
• Conflict can be interpersonal, having negative effects on relationships meaning the person becomes angry at themselves.
• Withdrawal these are physiological or psychological effects which are associated with trying to give up addiction.