What is drug addiction? -Drug addiction is a complex brain disease. It is characterized by compulsive‚ at times uncontrollable‚ drug craving‚ seeking‚ and use that persist even in the face of extremely negative consequences. -Drug seeking becomes compulsive‚ in large part as a result of the effects of prolonged drug use on brain functioning and‚ thus‚ on behavior. For many people‚ drug addiction becomes chronic‚ with relapses possible even after long periods of abstinence. Drug addiction is a chronic
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Greek and means "seeing far away". However‚ the more we watch it‚ the more short-sighted and narrow-minded we become. Unfortunately‚ TV is fast becoming as popular and dangerous as drugs. In this essay‚ I will outline some problems linked to TV. addiction and suggest some viable solution. Starting with the dangers‚ health is one of the biggest. To clarify‚ people who watch too much TV. frequently develop problems with their eyes and back and‚ too‚ may become obese. A further negative effect is
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Most of the people believe that the best way to help someone overcome their Drug Addiction is to forgive them‚ love them and allow them to screw over the entire family again. And lets not forget the rehabilitation‚ court costs and police that the taxpayer must foot the bill for many times. Some are far more critical of these issues and say that Drug Addiction is too readily accepted and too many people are coddled too often for it. We have recidivism rates‚ which would make anyone cringe. If we
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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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Addiction is a strong word. Some people would object to applying the word “addiction” when watch their favorite TV show. For instance‚ after watching a few episode of “Meet the Browns” I wanted to continue to watching more episodes. Forgetting I had other work that had to be done. Not only did it waste valuable time but it had my full attention. I wasn’t thinking about anything important. Like most episode Mr. Brown one of the main characters starts the episode in a loud raging voice drawing them
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GENS9004 Psychology of Addiction Summer U1C‚ 2014 Instructions for Essay [35% of Course Mark] Due Date: 28/1/2014 A single‚ 1000 word essay must be submitted through the Turnitin portal on the Moodle site for the course‚ Psychology of Addiction‚ by 5pm [local Sydney time] on the 28th January 2014. The title of the essay is: What causes addiction‚ and what is the best approach to counteract it? The essay should seek to construct a persuasive argument based upon a selection of key empirical
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Drug addiction‚ in recent decades‚ has become a matter of concern for every individual‚ community and nation. Mankind no doubt has been using and abusing drugs right from the very beginning‚ but in the present century drug addiction has emerged as a cancer and has brought within its fold almost all the segments of society. The technological revolution has brought about sweeping changes throughout the world and has reduced the entire world to a global village. Knowledge explosion and technological
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CBT and Addictions COUN 711 D03 Susan Folger Liberty University Abstract Cognitive behavioral therapy is commonly used in the treatment for drug-dependent individuals. CBT is a short-term brief approach that is used as a treatment for drug abuse and dependence. CBT has been rigorously evaluated in clinical trials and has solid empirical support as treatment for drug addiction. There is evidence that CBT is effective with severely addicted individuals. CBT is structured‚ goal-oriented and focused
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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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Mark Carter Prof. Nielson English 101 2/17/10 Final Draft WP#2 The “ADDICTION” He was sitting there watching the clock‚ and it read ten minutes to three‚ and it was almost time to leave work. The excitement and anxiousness growing with each passing minute‚ today was the day he was waiting for. He planned for it; two weeks of researching‚ reading articles and watching videos. He saw it happen over and over in his mind; he knew every maneuver‚ every danger‚ and he expected the unexpected. All
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