Addiction Addiction is a chronic relapsing disease that affects the brains reward‚ motivation and other related systems. It is a relationship you have with an object or substance. Most addicts come to depend on that object or substance to meet emotional needs. Individuals struggling with addiction are unable to control their actions and make rational decisions about their behavior. There are two main forms of addiction‚ physiological and psychological. Psychological is an emotional dependence
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fact that he loves his daughter very much‚ though‚ to me‚ it was an instant shock. I always believed that marital love is eternal and perfect. Doesn’t a marriage start by promising eternal love? Isn’t it even considered as a sin if you break the vow? I have come to think recently that my view on marriage is just an idealised imagination. I always refused to face reality. Looking at our society very carefully‚ it seems that not all marriage partners share a strong passionate bonding of love‚ especially
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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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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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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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to go on. We‚ the researchers‚ thank all of them and wishing them the best of luck. And to everyone who became a part of our work‚ may it be big or small‚ we thank you with our hearts. RESEARCHERS CHAPTER I THE PROBLEM The Effects of DOTA Addiction to the Grade-8 students of Cotabato City State Polytechnic College – Laboratory High School‚ School Year 2014-2015 Introduction: Since the creation of modern technology‚ games have already been included for the purpose of recreation‚ but others
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What is addiction? Addiction is a chronic‚ often relapsing brain disease that causes compulsive drug seeking and use‚ despite the consequences to the individual who is addicted and to those that are around him or her. Alt-hough the decision to take drugs are voluntary for most people‚ the brain changes that occur over time will challenge the addicted person’s self control and hamper his or her ability to resist taking drugs. Fortunately‚ treatments are available to help people counter their addiction’s
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