Addiction is a compulsive need. What starts as a deceiving enjoyable experience‚ turns into an uncontrollable destructive craving. This compulsive need is more prevalent than many realize. In 2011‚ there were an estimated 20.6 million United States citizens of ages twelve and older who were abusing substances (Smith). For some it was a choice‚ for others it was inherent. The thought of a twelve year old choosing the path of addiction terrifies the other non-addictive majority of the population. However
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ABSTRACT Researchers have indicated that Internet addiction is a wide-spread problem‚ impacting the lives of an estimated 4-10% of all Internet users. Researchers have also indicated that Internet addiction has a social component‚ with Internet addicts using the Internet to build and maintain new social relationships at a much higher rate than nonaddicts. This study explored Internet addiction in the context of Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games (MMORPGs). Data were drawn from
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Celia D. Roman Instructor Corbett COM 041 11 November 2011 Essay 1 Addiction is a disease that I will battle for the rest of my life. After being sexually assaulted at the age of twelve‚ I started to self-destruct. Lack of parental support‚ less than pristine living conditions‚ and an addictive personality paved an expressway to a life of addiction. I chose to hang with undesirable people‚ and was introduced to Marijuana‚ LSD‚ Ecstasy‚ PCP‚ Cocaine‚ Heroin and eventually what became
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Alcohol Addiction It is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore the problem of addiction‚ which affects many individuals‚ families and communities everyday. This essay is going to look at the prevalence of addiction in Scotland and what the Scottish Government are proposing to do to reduce the damage caused by addiction. There are many other stakeholders in the scheme to make Scotland a better place these are: individuals themselves‚ friends‚ family‚ communities‚ local governments and the National
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Young Hover Professor Olia PSYC 101 October 29‚ 2008 Drug Addiction Growing up in a household with my parents fading in and out of our lives‚ just like a loose light bulb would flicker‚ could be part of the reason why my brother is addicted to drugs. Constantly arguing at each other over what I thought at the time were the littlest things in life‚ I believe led to a younger brother choosing the wrong path to tranquility. My younger brother is 32 years old and has had a drug problem
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Addiction is a dependence on a substance in which the affected individual feels powerless to stop. Millions of Americans have addictions to drugs‚ alcohol‚ nicotine‚ and even to behaviors such as compulsive gambling and shopping. Our recent studies suggest that millions of Americans are addicted to food‚ as well. An average American is bombarded daily with random propaganda to try to sell what some would consider "perfection". Most American citizens try to emulate those fictional characters in celebrity
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Introduction to the Problem Drug addiction has been growing globally since World War II. Drugs was first take for the purpose of treating wounds and aches. But later on they find that consumimg a large amount of drugs more than the priscription makes them more ralaxed and make them more pleasurable and become high and it is the start of abusing a such drugs.Nowadays drug addiction enter someones life without observing and knowing its possible effect and results. People
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DRUG ADDICTION DRUG: A chemical substance that alters the function of one or more body organs or the process of a disease. Drugs include prescribed medicines over the counter remedies and various other substances such as alcohol‚ tobacco and drugs of abuse that are used for non-medical purposes. Drugs are substances other than food that affect the way your mind and body works (Al Robertson et al). DRUG ABUSE Drug abuse is definable mainly in terms of societal disapproval. It may involve
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Facebook Addiction The newest social networking site‚ Facebook has opened up an exciting online world that has enabled millions of people around the world to connect with each other. Facebook provides its members a way to make new friends‚ keep in touch with current friends‚ and find old friends and family anywhere in the world without ever having to leave their home. Since its introduction to the public in 2005 Facebook has experienced phenomenal growth and has become the world’s most popular
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------------------------------------------------- INTRODUCTION ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Top of Form Wireless communication has emerged as one of the fastest diffusing mediums on the planet‚ fueling an emergent "mobile youth culture that speaks as much with thumbs as it does with tongues. At one of our focus groups a teen boy gushed‚ "I have unlimited texts . . . which is like the greatest invention of mankind." His
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