Everyday you turn on the TV and there is a new support group for some addiction. A 12-step program for internet addiction‚ gambling‚ alcoholism‚ etc. These groups are a blessing to those who desire to make the changes in their lives and to know they are not alone. There is one addiction‚ however‚ that seem to have no ‘cure’ no 12 step program‚ and no true understanding – the obsession and addiction to money. We work each day of our lives to support our families‚ provide shelter‚ food and clothing
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schools looking at him for collage scholarships. Jim and his friends all devilled in what some would consider minor drugs. Weed‚ prescription pills‚ and slowly began to progress into more harsh drugs like inhalants‚ cocaine and eventually heroine. The addiction itself was a slow progression that started out just because he was out with friends and everyone else was doing it. Then slowly he needed more and more just a little wasn’t enough‚ he needed more and more to satisfy his habit. He become physically
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1 Kylie Greer ENG-106 January 25‚ 2015 Diane Goodman A Nation of Addicts Addiction is commonly associated with such substances as drugs and alcohol; however‚ there are many that are more common that a majority of people face whether they realize it or not‚ such as an addiction to sugar. In our current society‚ we are constantly surrounded by sugar as it is in almost all of the food we eat whether it be a small or large amount. Due to this‚ one is constantly consuming sugar and does not even
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The Effects of Internet Addiction As we are living in a digital world‚ many people spend too much time using the Internet‚ and it is terrible to see more than 15 percent of people spend more than 11 hours a week using the Internet in different ways. However‚ do you want to have many health problems or social problems because of the Internet? As you know‚ being an introvert person‚ having sleeplessness‚ and getting sore eyes are the three common effects of Internet addiction. Being an introvert person
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Downloading and Streaming has been the two most active activities in the Internet. There has never been a time where the Internet stops sending files from one computer to another. In this article‚ I will discuss the addiction that can arise from these two activities as well as their causes. To start the topic‚ let’s begin with downloading addiction. It has been a problem of various individuals to break free from the addictive feeling of ‘Downloading’. Their download queue ranges from Music‚ Movies
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VIDEO GAME ADDICTION After playing video games for 50 hours‚ a man died in an Internet cafe in South Korea (Khazan). China has set up a system in order to control the online video gaming hours. This is the vital step the country has taken to prevent the online gamers from getting addicted by limiting the hours of online video gaming (Koo). Thailand‚ on the other hand‚ has banned a very popular game called Grand Theft Auto 4 after a crime was committed in a similar fashion as shown in the game
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thing is the computer. The computer is important because I use it for entertainment‚ scholl work‚ and just to help out a friend when something important is due. Without a computer I dont know what I will do. Thank god for computers. In my home the computer is something that is needed especially for entertainment. First‚ my computer help me catch up on today events occuring around the world. Just in cause I miss the news on television‚ I can get updated on the computer. Second‚ the computer is a great
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Video Games: A Source of Benefits or Addiction? Super Mario Brothers‚ Sonic the Hedgehog‚ and Street Fighter are familiar names to nearly all of us. They are all best selling games of major video game consoles. Over 9.8 billion dollars were spent on video games in the United States during 2001 alone‚ and video game consoles are present in 36 million homes in the United States (1). With the increasing amount of time that people are spending on video games‚ one is left to wonder what effects video
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It can refer to all computer instructions in general or to any specific set of computer instructions. It is inclusive of both machine instructions and source code (more human-understandable instructions that must be rendered into machine code by compilers or interpreters before being executed). On most computer platforms‚ software can be grouped into a few broad categories: software is the basic software needed for a computer to operate. software refers to one or more computer programs and data
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