There are various kinds of addictions.  How and why does this affect people?

Every day in some place in the world somebody admits they have an addiction it could be any kind of addiction, like addicted to sex, gambling, stealing, alcohol, drugs, etc.

How does this happen?  When people have been raised in having a sad childhood, not loved by their parents or family, abused sexually, raped and had not told anyone about it, or has been traumatised by some  tragic ordeal. The person is affected by this and tends to feel lonely and leads to an addiction, only for comfort. 

Why does this happen?  This happens because people in situations like this become weak and have no where to go.  They have no one to talk to and are in a vulnerable state.  A person with no identity and is totally out of ideas and goes  in the direction one thinks is the only way.

 There must be a way out of it.  One should learn to be strong as an individual and try to work out the problem,  by admitting you have problem with  an addiction is a easy step forward  and then further steps can be taken.

An addiction can take over your life that,  you get to a point that nothing and nobody matters to you.   For the fact that you only care about what you think satisfies you.

When a person has an addiction in the family,  loved ones are hurt by it too. The normal life of others in the family are disrupted.

Seek professional help and work through it together, it makes it easier when you help each other get over the problem.