What causes addiction?
There are many diverse explanations. There is the moral model, which states that addictions are the result of human weakness and are defects of character. The disease model holds that addiction is a disease, coming about as a result of either the impairment of neurochemical or behavioral processes, or of some combination of the two. The cultural model recognizes that the influence of culture is a strong determinant of whether or not individuals fall prey to certain addictions. For example, alcoholism is rare among Saudi Arabians, where obtaining alcohol is difficult and using alcohol is prohibited. In North America, on the other hand, the incidence of gambling addictions soared in the last two decades of the 20th century, mirroring the growth of the gaming industry. The blended model attempts to consider elements of all other models in developing a therapeutic approach to dependency. It holds the mechanism of dependency is different for different individuals, and that each case must be
