Addiction Basics: Social Interaction

Patient, Friends, and Family Education Material about the basics of Addiction: (This is a Rough Draft) Understanding the basic format of social relationships can help us navigate more effectively. The un-written rules of relationships are built upon these basic processes. This video reviews the principles of: territory, hierarchy, threat display escalation, signals of inclusion, exclusion, and social game theory. The fear of being rejected from a desired social group is highly stressful. Much of society uses a good person- bad person model. We harm ourselves when we absorb this good person bad person binary system. The purpose of this information is to instill an underlying principle of more effective- less effective. This can help us avoid internalizing stress and harmful messages. Disclaimer: this video is for education only and not intended for the diagnosis or treatment of any disease. The author makes no claims about the accuracy of this information. The author accepts no responsibility for how this material is used or misused. The information and material is to be used at your own risk.

Presenter: John Ewing