Research shows that addiction is a complex disease, often chronic in nature, which affects the functioning of the brain and body. It also causes serious damage to everyone around the person with an addiction, especially the family. The most common symptoms of addiction are severe loss of control; continued use despite serious consequences, preoccupation with using, failed attempts to quit, tolerance and withdrawal. Each case is different, that is why Multi Concept Recovery introduces all clients to different methods of treatment so that the clients can make their own choices in their path to recovery, and in some cases, multiple treatment techniques are necessary to achieve a purpose and abstinent driven life.