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Health & Fitness

Addressing Addiction in the Jewish Community

Whether it's alcoholism or problems with other drugs or behaviors like gambling, addiction is no stranger to the Jewish community.

By Howard Reznick, LCSW-C The “compulsive need for and use of a habit-forming substance (as heroin, nicotine, or alcohol) characterized by tolerance and by well-defined physiological symptoms upon withdrawal; broadly: persistent compulsive use of a substance known by the user to be harmful.” That’s the definition of addiction, according to…Read More

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