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  • adjective Countering addiction.

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anti- +‎ addiction

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Examples

  • To preempt the immediate eating that is literally a “gut reaction” to stress, hunger, feelings of deprivation, or depression, our clients and patients have relied on the Four Ds, used successfully in antiaddiction programs

    Fat is Not Your Fate Susan Mitchell Ph.D. 2005

  • To preempt the immediate eating that is literally a “gut reaction” to stress, hunger, feelings of deprivation, or depression, our clients and patients have relied on the Four Ds, used successfully in antiaddiction programs

    Fat is Not Your Fate Susan Mitchell Ph.D. 2005

  • In Europe and Canada, government-funded antiaddiction programs routinely help alcoholic patients reduce drinking, even if they won't quit; in Sweden, health officials suggest that cigarette smokers switch to

    TIME.com: Top Stories 2010

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