Physiological Change Research Paper
Tristan Lampkin
4th Period
1/23/15
Physiological Change What is a drug addiction? Why don't people just simply quit doing drugs? Well here is a news flash, an addiction to drugs is a disease! Why is it when someone is diagnosed with cancer other people are concerned and feel horrible, however, when someone is diagnosed with an addiction to drugs they are faced with ridicule, and alienation? It seems that it may be this way since cancer has been researched for many years while drug addiction has not. People who abuse drugs are affected by physiological changes that occur in the brain, unfortunately these changes are what leads to addiction and should be treated as the disease it is and not as if it is a choice.
The disease that addictions cause makes many physical changes to the human body but addiction …show more content…
is more than just a behavioral disorder, another thing that it can cause is emotional changes.
The disease physically alters the way the user thinks. Over time consecutive use of the drug could make the users body immune to that dosage, therefore it makes them feel they need more to achieve their “High”, and here lies the start of an addiction.
Many uninformed individuals would say if its bad quit; however, this problem isn't that simple. Along with altering the way the user thinks, the disease also alters cells in the body. The Addiction drug causes physical changes to some of the nerve cells in your brain, therefore it causes you to think that the drug is a necessity since your body is getting used to the substance.
Addictions change the way people act. In the first stages of an addiction people can still seem normal, however there is something inferior going on. The Addiction is quietly changing the way the user thinks and functions causing many physical, mental, and emotional problems.
People may already have an addictive personality, which means that they seem to need or get addicted to something easier than others. If this is the case things can get real nasty real quick!
Along with with all of the other changes that come with addictions there is yet one more to go on the list, and that is emotional changes. Emotions are all over the place when a
person has an addiction. The substance they are addicted to is put on the top of their priority list and they will sacrifice anything to get it. The addict has new ways of thinking and feeling and can block everything out of their life except the substance. Addictions are worse than what you see on the surface, they can cause permanent damage to the user and cause different types of damage to the people around them. Addictions are bad and can harm someone to the point of no return. The toll that an addiction takes on someone is horrible, and can not be fixed by anything or anyone. Depending on the severity of the addiction the person with the addiction may never be the same. It's time for you to take action and help stop people from getting addictions and keep your self off the horrible path that addictions can take you.
4th Period
1/23/15
Physiological Change What is a drug addiction? Why don't people just simply quit doing drugs? Well here is a news flash, an addiction to drugs is a disease! Why is it when someone is diagnosed with cancer other people are concerned and feel horrible, however, when someone is diagnosed with an addiction to drugs they are faced with ridicule, and alienation? It seems that it may be this way since cancer has been researched for many years while drug addiction has not. People who abuse drugs are affected by physiological changes that occur in the brain, unfortunately these changes are what leads to addiction and should be treated as the disease it is and not as if it is a choice.
The disease that addictions cause makes many physical changes to the human body but addiction …show more content…
is more than just a behavioral disorder, another thing that it can cause is emotional changes.
The disease physically alters the way the user thinks. Over time consecutive use of the drug could make the users body immune to that dosage, therefore it makes them feel they need more to achieve their “High”, and here lies the start of an addiction.
Many uninformed individuals would say if its bad quit; however, this problem isn't that simple. Along with altering the way the user thinks, the disease also alters cells in the body. The Addiction drug causes physical changes to some of the nerve cells in your brain, therefore it causes you to think that the drug is a necessity since your body is getting used to the substance.
Addictions change the way people act. In the first stages of an addiction people can still seem normal, however there is something inferior going on. The Addiction is quietly changing the way the user thinks and functions causing many physical, mental, and emotional problems.
People may already have an addictive personality, which means that they seem to need or get addicted to something easier than others. If this is the case things can get real nasty real quick!
Along with with all of the other changes that come with addictions there is yet one more to go on the list, and that is emotional changes. Emotions are all over the place when a
person has an addiction. The substance they are addicted to is put on the top of their priority list and they will sacrifice anything to get it. The addict has new ways of thinking and feeling and can block everything out of their life except the substance. Addictions are worse than what you see on the surface, they can cause permanent damage to the user and cause different types of damage to the people around them. Addictions are bad and can harm someone to the point of no return. The toll that an addiction takes on someone is horrible, and can not be fixed by anything or anyone. Depending on the severity of the addiction the person with the addiction may never be the same. It's time for you to take action and help stop people from getting addictions and keep your self off the horrible path that addictions can take you.