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Jemmons

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6. What is the four stroke model of addiction?

Wed Apr 13, 2016, 04:57 AM

Apr 2016

What is the four stroke model of addiction?

The Four Stroke Model of Addiction describes addiction as a “vicious circle”. Specifically addiction is described as based on four phases that in a cyclic pattern enhance the influence of each other. These are:
Drug taking or other short term coping strategies
Changes to the personal environment including change that are consequences of short term coping strategies
Stress exposure, including stress exposure due to changes in personal environment
Stress reactions and changes to the state of your brain that favors short term strategies

This model is an adaptation of the model of stress reactivity proposed by Jon Kabat-Zinn

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This is fascinating notawinger Mar 2016 #5

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What is the four stroke model of addiction? Jemmons Apr 2016 #6

Yes. Be very careful about putting your "war stories" in your journal. Iggo Apr 2016 #8

Yes. I understod exactly nothing in your post. Jemmons Apr 2016 #9

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About this journal...it seems to violate the purpose of this group Stuart G Jun 2016 #21