2012 Should Sugar be considered an Addictive Drug? Dictionary.com defines addiction as “the state of being enslaved to a habit or practice or to something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming‚ as narcotics” (Dictionary.com) . When one thinks of being enslaved as a habit‚ they think of the Hollywood version of a habit. Sitting alone in a dark room‚ feeding the habit‚ and then hating yourself for it. But‚ can sugar be considered an addiction by definition. Dextrose‚ Maltodextrin‚ Corn
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Addiction is a family disease because‚ 1”As written in Alcoholics Anonymous‚ Fourth Edition (2002)‚ ‘the family of an alcoholic longs for the return of happiness and security‚ years of living with an alcoholic is almost sure to make any wife or child neurotic. The entire family is‚ to some extent‚ Ill.’ It is a separation from God that leads to all things negative. By blocking ourselves from God’s divine guidance through our active addiction‚ we are also blocking those around us from receiving
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There are many opinions on adoption; I look at it as an alternate route other than abortion because no child should have to be put through that when they’re rally innocent. Which is a good argument because it’s not right to take the life of an innocent child but at the same time if the mother was a victim of rape she shouldn’t be judged if she wants to have an abortion because she wasn’t ready for a child yet. Putting children up for adoption sounds like a clear cut choice to me‚ rather than abortion
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people who would say addiction is not a disease but a choice. Those people are looking at it in an object manner without even scrapping the surface of the true issue. Daniel Akst‚ a writer from New York’s Hudson Valley‚ wrote that‚ “Addiction is voluntary rather than compulsory” (Akst). While indeed the first act of engaging in drug use is voluntary the spiraling downward effect is caused by addiction taking over a person’s brain. Mr. Netherton implies in this statement‚ "Addiction is a crutch word that
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Reflection #7 Ghost of Abu Ghraib Filmmaker Rory Kennedy takes us thru a firsthand accord of Abu-Ghraib‚ a prison where Saddam Hussein housed his prisoners but during the Iraqi war U.S soldiers took hold of this prison using it as their own prison for suspected terrorist and people they believed to be aiding terrorist. However what went on behind the walls of this prison was nothing less than admiral behavior‚ on the part of the soldiers. Prisoners were abused‚ humiliated and treated as if
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English Reading August 8‚ 2012 1-C A Reflection on the Folktale “How the Moon and the Stars came to be” This story‚ is a folktale in the mute area in Bukidnon. This story took place in an unknown area in Bukidnon but the story was said famous. The story talks about how the moon and the stars began when a Bukidnon Spinster began her work. The sky was said that it was low at that time. So she took off her beads around the neck (necklace) and her comb and put them in the sky
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Effective Treatment for Drug Addiction Introduction “Every year‚ hundreds of thousands of Americans undergo treatment for substance use disorder‚ also called addiction” (Hart & Ksir‚ 2013‚ p. 409). Drug addiction is a complex brain disease because the abuse of drugs leads to changes in the structure and function of the brain. It is a condition characterized by an overwhelming and uncontrollable desire or craving to continue taking a drug to which one has become habituated through repeated consumption
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Daughter of former senator Mendoza and new empress of Opium‚ Maria‚ loves animals with all of her heart. In fact‚ she may love them just a tad bit too much. Due to her efforts of animal adoption starting May 5th‚ Maria has collected over three hundred animals of approximately 110 different species. These animals have been rescued from unloving owners or pounds‚ even some being shipped from other continents‚ such as Africa and Asia. She currently owns about 30 dogs in itself. Despite Maria’s noble
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Alcohol Addiction Laurie Evans COM/156 August 4‚ 2013 Alcohol Addiction Is alcoholism a disease of addiction? This is the question you will find answers to in the following paper. Let’s start by defining what a disease is. A disease can be defined as any harmful‚ depraved‚ or morbid condition‚ as of mind or society. Alcoholism can be defined as a disease because if one consumes more than the recommended amount you can have memory loss‚ become violent‚ and in some cases become depraved
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time and date: 12 noon on Monday 27 October Description of Task: Following your group presentation (see below) you are required to individually write a short 3 page essay reflecting on the group presentation and the group work process. Your reflection must answer the following questions: 1 What was the main way in which you contributed to achievement of the group’s tasks? 2 In what way or ways did your group operate well? For instance‚ you may wish to identify a particular process that enabled
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