Two Problems

While traditionally addiction was seen as only a physical dependence, modern science and psychology have shown this is not true. Solely detoxing from chemical or behavioral dependence is ineffective for many individuals, often leading to relapse, substitution, or simply the continuation of damaging ways.

Grasshopper Philosophy sees addiction as rooted in the mind.

The individual can't find peace with self and world, and exists as an unhealthier and diminished version of themselves.

It defines addiction as:

"the continued engagement in actions and thinking that lead to damaging or unwanted consequences."

Grasshopper Philosophy divides The Two Problems into two distinct yet closely interconnected issues that form addiction itself:

1. The Life Problem: where the individual is not at peace with a life without the addictions

2. The Medical Problem: where we assess the body and brain's dependence on the addictions