Answer by Marc Dixon-Seager & Sheryl Rahme

According to WHO (World Health Organization), addiction is classified as a primary disease like diabetes. It is often referred to as a 3-part or 3-fold disease, which manifests in the physical, behavioural/ psychological and spiritual dimensions and thus treatment efforts need to address all dimensions in order to be effective. When speaking of addition we can therefore look to these dimensions in order to identify the most common signs and symptoms of addiction.

• Physically
  
• Behaviourally
  
• Psychologically
  
• Spiritually