drink. For that reason‚ alcoholics usually drink to excess despite the consequences. Alcoholism‚ like any addiction‚ is a chronic disorder which involves continued use despite negative consequences and requires ongoing treatment and management. This research paper will cover many aspects of alcoholism including the causes and effects of drinking and different treatment approaches. Alcohol Addiction: A Growing Epidemic Alcohol’s importance in our social history is significant. Even more significant
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Perry Jenkins 9/9/13 Intro to Drug Use in Society Drug Abuse and Addiction are major burdens to society. The costs of drug abuse and addiction to our nation are staggering. Fourteen percent of patients admitted to hospitals have alcohol drug abuse and addiction disorders. Almost 20 percent of all Medicaid hospital costs and nearly 1 dollar of every 4 dollar Medicare spends on inpatient care is associated with substance
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Sometimes you cannot fathom the addiction but its there. When you have an addiction to drugs or alcohol the addiction isn’t necessarily to the substance but how the drugs or alcohol make you feel during or after. The addiction can serve as a relaxant‚ anti stress medication or even a rush feel and because it gives you that relaxed feel or rush you want to do it again and again until the need for it evolves into an addiction. The same is with entertainment or technology. For example
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term “addiction” and all of its conditions to television watching. First‚ let us define addiction in the sense that Winn interprets it. She claims‚ “The essence of any serious addiction is a pursuit of pleasure‚ a search for a ‘high’ that normal life does not supply. It is only the inability to function without the addictive substance that is dismaying.” This claim‚ made only three paragraphs into the piece‚ immediately casts doubt on her interpretation of addiction. The addiction Winn
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The Difference between Choice and Addiction By: Michael Chorba Jr. COM 220 June 30‚ 2010 Nicole Mclnnes Doctors believe that addiction or alcoholism isn’t a choice but believe that it is a disease. The definition of disease is “A definite pathologic process with a characteristic set of signs and symptoms. It may affect the whole body or any of its parts‚ and its etiology‚ pathology‚ and prognosis may be known or unknown” (MDO‚ 2010). Addiction and alcoholism is more of a disease than
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The disease model views addiction as a disease thus allowing the healthcare system to provide assistance in prevention and treatment of addiction. By implementing the healthcare system to be involved‚ any person suffering from addiction can receive treatment where they may not if addiction was not considered a disease. Scientific advances have shown that addiction has long term effects on the brain and effects the behavior of an individual. With the understanding the addiction is a brain disease that
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Co-occurring Disorders and Addiction SUBS500_ B02_201230 Treatment of drug and alcohol addiction is seldom as simple as merely addressing the particular chemicals addict is taking into his body. More often than not‚ addicts suffer from other disorders in conjunction with their chemical dependency. The clinical reference to such a condition is called co-occurring disorders (Doweiko‚ 2012). According to Arias and Kranzler (2008) an estimated 1.1 percent of the U.S. population has an alcohol
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Drug Addiction: To Cure or Not To Cure University of Phoenix Abstract Drug addiction is a huge social problem‚ and to some individuals; feel there is no end. People either try to fight this disease or just put their hands down preferring to think that nothing could be done. This paper investigates what drug addiction really is and why some people believe it is incurable. Primarily the main focus of the work is dedicated to the issue of
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Substance Abuse and Addiction: Is There a Solution? Chad Mooney California College San Diego CSS101 September 18‚ 2012 Prof. Jim Rieser Substance Abuse and Addiction: Is There a Solution? Do you or someone you know have a problem with drugs or alcohol? Has life become unmanageable? You should be aware of the differences between abuse and addiction. Because drug abuse and addiction disrupt so many aspects of your life‚ treatment is not simple. Understanding drug abuse and addiction and effective
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11 October 2012 Heroin Addiction: Pathways to Treatment Although no single treatment is appropriate for everyone‚ I am an avid supporter of abstinence with psychosocial support as the most valuable and effective treatment for the disease of heroin addiction. This model promotes real change in the life of the addicted. Change that may start with the physical aspect‚ detoxification‚ ridding the body of the offensive chemical‚ and abstinence‚ continuing to not pick up that drug again‚ no matter what
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