Trascend addiction. A person is not their addiction

This article aims to be the epitome of a trajectory, of a line of action maintained over time and
framed in a vision of the person, not as an object of treatment, but as a responsible subject
and co-builder of the response to an addictive problem.
Transcending addiction is freeing the gaze from an archaic, oppressive and stigmatizing paradigm.
It is, likewise, to establish a horizontal, purposeful and motivating relationship, instead of
the prevailing vertical relationship. The technical should not favor the relational.
Transcending addiction is going beyond a diagnosis; go beyond the consideration of mental
illness, to be able to focus the process on the person and, fundamentally, on the healthy part,
on the uncontaminated part, in order to achieve their free being.
Since identity is an affective, cognitive and active need, it must become the basic pillar of treatment.
It is not about rehabilitating addictions, but generating the possibility for a person to
rediscover themself on the path of their existence.
One day a lament was heard: “I am not my addiction, don’t make me believe it”.