Today's episode is a short excerpt from the "Viewing Addictions Through a Holistic Lens" Workshop that was held in February by King's University College Professor of Social Work, Dr. Rick Csiernik. In this segment Dr. Rick explains why people have addictions by taking us through what a psychoactive drug is, what dependency is and what it means to have an addiction. If you would like to hear more from Dr. Csiernik about addictions, please sign up for our upcoming conference on Wednesday March 3rd, 2021.

Also, check out his book Just Say Know: A Counsellor's Guide to Psychoactive Drugs.