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    Cosmetic Surgery Addiction Who cares if Cody does not like me because I am not as attractive as Elizabeth. Like it bothers me if that woman with bigger breast got the role I wanted in the play. What’s inside is all that matters‚ right? A person can repeat this as many times as he or she likes‚ but the denial will somehow carry one right back to the harsh reality. No matter how hard we try society looks at beauty before brains. I am going to tell you the truth why people become addicted

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    Technology addiction is being compared to drug addiction since there are many similar symptoms for both addictions. We‚ the Facebook generation‚ are actually suffering from information withdrawal syndrome. The same way alcoholics experience withdrawal when they stop drinking. I also read on The Telegraph‚ that some children as young as four year old require psychological treatment because of their addiction to smartphones and iPads. According to helpguide.org‚ Internet and computer addiction can cause

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    Game addiction Video Game Addiction is a big problem in today’s society. Today many people children and adults alike are getting hooked and have little hope of getting out of the addiction and its causing problems with their personal lives. For most young people‚ playing games on a computer‚ video game console‚ or handheld device is just a regular part of the day. Most are able to juggle the multiple demands of school‚ sports‚ work or chores‚ and family life. Gaming becomes an addiction when

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    Addiction Defined Addiction has been defined as "A primary‚ chronic disease‚ characterized by impaired control over the use of a psychoactive substance and/or behaviour. Clinically‚ the manifestations occur along biological‚ psychological‚ sociological and spiritual dimensions"‚ (Schlimme‚ 2002). Symptoms of Video and Computer Game Addiction According to Maressa Hecht Orzack of Computer Addicition Services‚ symptoms of video and computer game addiction are quite specific: Psychological Symptoms

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    Challenges with Soft Addictions Michael Brown Strayer University 1/16/2011 Abstract Soft addictions are habits that waste most of our time‚ keep us from our true feelings‚ take away all our energy‚ and keep us from living the satisfying‚ meaningful lives we want and need. They can be any activity‚ mood or way-of-being. Most soft addictions involve necessary behaviors like eating/drinking‚ sleeping‚ reading or working. These behaviors usually become addictions when we “over-do” them

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    Addiction means to be physical and mentally dependent on a particular substance‚ and unable to stop taking it without incurring adverse effects. According to American Society for Addiction Medicine (2012)‚ “Addiction is a primary‚ chronic disease of brain reward‚ motivation‚ memory and related circuitry. Dysfunction in these circuits leads to characteristic biological‚ psychological‚ social and spiritual manifestations. This is reflected in an individual pathologically pursuing reward and/or relief

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    Priyanki Rana  Period 9  NS3    Dangers of Alcohol and Addiction Among Teenagers    Underage drinking and addiction have become one of the largest social issues among  teenagers in America today. Although more than half of high schoolers drink and do drugs on a  regular basis‚ the problem is that they are not aware of how dangerous alcohol and drug  addiction can really be. The reality is that drugs and alcohol are often the cause of many  problems among teenagers‚ they ruin the lives of teenagers

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    College Writing I/9 a.m. 08 October 2012 Addiction is a Disease Why is it when someone is diagnosed with cancer others are concerned and feel horrible‚ however‚ when someone is diagnosed with an addiction to drugs they are faced with alienation and ridicule? It seems so‚ because‚ people know that cancer is a disease that has been studied and researched for many while drug addiction has not. Individuals who abuse drugs are affected by physiological changes that occur in the brain‚ unfortunately

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    Reithmeyer November 4‚ 2012 Alcoholism and Drug Addiction Have you ever had to deal with a person dealing with alcoholism or drug addiction? Alcoholism and drug addiction in a family member can have many effects not only in the person with the problem but‚ other family members as well. My little brother Jose is the one from my family who struggles with alcoholism and drug addiction. He started drinking at a very young age and then slowly started experimenting with

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    proven correct. And let’s hope that from now on people let people keep their addictions and let whatever outcome happens from their addiction may be. Let people in this world be free and let them be happy. Addiction is the fact or condition of being addicted to a particular substance‚ thing‚ or activity: As addiction explains how it can be a activity you may be activity is another reason why my point is correct. Addiction doesn’t have to be a substance or something uncontrollable‚ but can be a certain

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