It start with a person having pain or discomfort, either mentally or physically, and continues when that person is offered a substance to temporarily relieve the discomfort. The next time the discomfort occurs, the person seeks that same substance to cope because it worked previously. the cycle continues and the person turns to the substance more and more to get along in life. Tolerance builds and a person needs more of the same substance to feel good, creating a dependency.

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1. It start with a person having pain or discomfort, either mentally or physically, and continues when that person is offered a substance to temporarily relieve the discomfort. The next time the discomfort occurs, the person seeks that same substance to cope because it worked previously. the cycle continues and the person turns to the substance more and more to get along in life. Tolerance builds and a person needs more of the same substance to feel good, creating a dependency.