In a five page essay, you will explore the mind-body connection in chronic illness. In your paper, you will address the following issues: What impact does chronic illness have on an individual and their families? Reasons why addictions are a chronic illness and why helping a person return to a previous physiological and mental state experienced before acquiring the disorder is not possible. How do you preserve relationships during and after treatment of addiction, since it is a chronic illness? Describe the long-term treatment process for the addict and the support systems needed to remain on the spiritual journey of recovery.
