What factors contribute to the chronic nature of addiction? - Greater personal vulnerability (e.g., family history of AOD problems, early age of onset of AOD use/problems, developmental trauma), - Greater problem severity (e.g., amount of use, number of abuse/ dependence symptoms), - Greater problem complexity (e.g., co-occurring medical/psychiatric illness, personal and environmental) Lower recovery capital (e.g., fewer internal and external assets that can be used to initiate and sustain recovery) (White et al., 2002).
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