Dr. Joseph DeSanto | Source | Addiction Medicine Physician with BioCorRx at BioCorRx

Substance abuse disorders are also marked by self-isolation and that’s been a hallmark of this pandemic. Addicts and alcoholics in the later stages of their disease tend to isolate and are acutely aware of how separated and different they are compared to the crowd. An interesting thing I’ve noticed during the COVID emergency is that now everyone is forced to isolate, an addict may not understand how severe their use is because isolation has become the new normal.