🔼: [[💡 Vicious Cycle|Vicious Cycles]] # Shame and addiction create a vicious cycle --- >"People think that [[🛡️ Addiction or Dependence|addiction]] causes [[💡 Shame|shame]]. No it doesn't. Shame causes addiction. The shame precedes the addiction." >— [[👤 Gabor Maté]] - [[💡 Polarization#Polarizations Create Vicious Cycles|polarizations create vicious cycles]] [^1]: