Addictions are everywhere we turn; the import thing is choosing the right path and knowing one wrong turn can change our entire life. An addiction can not only change an individual’s life‚ but their entire family as well. It can happen in one day‚ by making one choice and we need to be aware of it. Addictions are similar to a mental illness‚ but one that we chose to bring upon ourselves. Some people are born into the world with illnesses and to think people who are healthy make
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Addiction Gene Heyman is a psychologist associated with Harvard University‚ who wrote the book‚ Addiction: A Disorder of Choice‚ said‚ “The first people to call addiction a disease were members of the 17th-century clergy. They were looking at alcoholism and they didn’t describe it as sin or as crime. (Gillis‚ Charlie).” Heyman has a theory as to why society thinks this way; we can not understand why people would voluntarily cause themselves harm. We simply don’t understand why they
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|COM 220 | |Pain Pill Addiction | |Ja’de Ford 11/9/08 | Com 220 Research Paper Pain Pill Addiction Each year millions are of Americans are battling a serious addiction with prescription drugs according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration about 6.2 million Americans abuse painkillers‚ sedatives‚ tranquilizers‚ and stimulants - making
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HOW ADDICTIONS DESTROY THE FAMILY UNIT In our modern life‚ there are certain things that can destroy the family unit queitly such as addictions. An addiction is anything that one must have in order to avoid a negative feeling or syptoms. Addictions can include almost anything‚ not just foods‚ drinks or other physical substances. Some addiction are mend to make one calm‚ but it easily becomes an emotional crutch that unfortunately usually worsen physical aspects of addiction. However‚ the point
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According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse‚ drug abuse can be a cause of other diseases such as cancer‚ heart disease‚ and HIV/AIDS. Addiction to a substance can lead to those diseases or worse‚ death. Globally‚ the misuse of legal and illegal drugs kills around 200‚000 people annually (Drug Abuse Kills). Addiction should not be taken lightly or treated like the addict’s own fault. As such‚ substance abuse should be considered a disease and treated as such in order to effectively rehabilitate
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In the year 1957‚ “Sonny’s Blues” was published. James Baldwin writes about Sonny’s life in Harlem. Sonny starts out as a lost young man who gets himself into trouble but gets help from his older brother throughout the book. In the movie Finding Forrester‚ published in the year 1999‚ directed by‚ Gus Van Sant. Jamal Wallace is living in New York with his mother and older brother. Jamal is a sixteen a young man who plays basketball with his friends and has a talent for writing. One day Jamal is dared
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Johnson Crisis Intervention April 10th‚ 2015 “The Crisis of Addiction” One of the longest ongoing issues in the world today is addiction. Unlike some of the other examples of crisis‚ this has been a problem since the beginning of time. Alcohol is the most commonly used‚ abused‚ and also the easiest of addictive substances to
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Addictions Lead to Destruction Addiction - the state of being enslaved to a habit or practice or to something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming. (dictionary.reference.com). Do you know someone in your life who suffers from drug/alcohol addiction? Addiction destroys the families’ life‚ consumes the families’ financial recourses‚ and depletes the families’ emotional reserves. One major aspects of drug/alcohol addiction is that by the time an addict realizes he/she has a problem‚
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Prescription Drug Addiction in Nevada Prescription drug addiction in Nevada is at epidemic levels and is one of the foremost drug abuse and addiction problems throughout the country. Prescription drug abuse constitutes the non-medical use and misuse of prescribed medications. Beginning in the 1990’s‚ drugs have been prescribed in record numbers. Often‚ an addiction is born out of prolonged use of painkillers creating unintentional dependence and addiction. Patients begin to require increasing doses
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FORWARDING CERTIFICATE Ms Bandana Grover has been permitted to write a project on “Alcoholism and Drug Addiction” for B.A. LL.B. (Hons) Internal Evaluation of Amity Law School‚ Sector – 125‚ Noida‚ AUUP. Date: 10th October 2011 Ms. Mokshdha Bhushan Lecturer Amity Law School AUUP Noida - 201301 Introduction Alcoholism and Drug Addiction may be conceptualized as crime without victim that is‚ addict himself is the victim who becomes a prey of its misuse. This
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