Addiction choice or disease This essay will look to outline the different arguments in that; addiction to a substance is a choice of one’s free will‚ or is it a disease element in our bio chemical or physical make up? It will consider‚ if addiction extends from genes inherited from parents or forefathers‚ or if it is a learned behaviour through day to day lifestyles‚ and changes through growth from tots to teens‚ to youths‚ then to adults. It will also seek to analyse how different approaches and
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vodka may affect the fetus to be diagnosed with fetal alcohol syndrome. Secondly not only does the doctor need to look at the alcohol percentage their patients maybe consuming‚ but also the expecting mothers DNA. Families may have a history of alcoholism‚ ADD or other mental disorders that alcohol can affect the fetus with. If pregnant woman consumes alcohol it can alter potential deformity in a child. Just as cocaine and marijuana have an effect on a baby’s appearance and mental capacity‚ so can
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Problem Solving Danielle Church HUM/114 June 25‚ 2014 Dr. Charles Flowers Problem Solving Using the five steps Step 1: What is the problem? Family member who is an alcoholic. Step 2: What are the alternatives? Self-awareness‚ treatment for alcoholism‚ and research medical journals. Step 3: What are the advantages and/or disadvantages of each alternative? Acknowledge the addiction‚ attending local alcoholics’ anonymous meetings‚ and learning why people turn to self-medication. Step 4: What
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Alcohol is a drug that is used by every day by more than 4‚750 teenagers at the age of 15 and younger take. According to U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration (SAMHSA) said that they problem with this is that teenage that drinks at such an early age tend to be alcoholics or alcohol abuser than those who wait to until their adult life and it is also illegal. The other problem is that kids tend to experiment with alcohol in over a short period of time and this is known as binge
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Victor from “Every Little Hurricane” is an example of a teen protagonist witnesses struggles of poverty‚ alcoholism‚ and disparity in his own household. The setting of the story is at a new year’s eve party‚ where his two uncles‚ Arnold and Adolph are fighting‚ and nearly murder one another. Witnesses in the background are fully aware of the chaotic environment caused by the heated argument of the uncles but do nothing‚ for seeing one Indian killing another does not at all surprise them. For many
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Borderline Personality Disorder and Substance Use Disorders Psychology of Addictions Alyx Brake Introduction Do you know anyone with drug and/or alcohol abuse disorder? Anyone with borderline personality disorder? Have you ever known anyone with both borderline personality disorder and drug and/or alcohol abuse disorder? When a person has a personality disorder they are more likely to become someone with a substance and/ or alcohol abuse disorder. A co-occurring disorder is a condition
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Review on Related Literature (RRL) Recent data on college age drinking from NIH‚ specifically the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)–its first update since an initial review in 1976– has brought to light the significant consequences of binge drinking among college students. While the incidence of regular drinking has remained stable‚ the incidence of binge drinking has sharply increased. With it‚ the many adverse effects of overconsumption of alcohol can be life shattering
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Renata Martin 09/02/2014 PSYC 108 Writing for the Behavioral Sciences Instructor: Amy Parmenter Barber‚ Psy. D. The Effects that Alcohol Plays on the Brain Alcoholism is still one of the major health problems in the Western Society. Most of us have witnessed the outward signs of heavy drinking and intoxication: the staggering walk‚ slurred speech and memory lapses. People who have been drinking tend to have trouble finding their balance‚ judgment
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avoidance coping measures may serve as useful adjunct screening tools for alcohol abuse in the military. Psychological Hardiness and Coping Style as Risk/Resilience Factors for Alcohol Abuse Working at a homeless shelter that deals directly with alcoholism and drug addiction would be the reason for my choosing this article. I see daily the need for more organizations to help those suffering from the disease of addiction. In addition to the general need‚ the neediness specifically for our veterans
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" ClinicalChemistry Blog Notes 23D. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 13 Nov. 2012. <http://margiemalonzo.blogspot.com/>. Jaffe‚ Adi. "All About Addiction." Stress About Alcohol? Heavy Drinking Versus Alcoholism. N.p.‚ 8 Jan. 20012. Web. 14 Nov. 2012. <http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/all-about-addiction/201201/stress-about-alcohol-heavy-drinking-versus-alcoholism>.
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