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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 the choice to become ill due to a drug or substance. An addiction starts with liking something and turns into something we can’t give up even if it’s bad for us. It can all start with smoking just “one” cigarette‚ taking “one” drink‚ or doing a
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regarded as a behavioral or nonchemical addiction because of its genetic‚ endophenotypic‚ and phenotypic resemblances to substance dependence” (p. 418). As classified as a nonchemical condition‚ neuroimaging identifies how addictive behaviors of gambling compulsively reveals how the psychological disorder affects the brain function- Without conflicting with neurotoxic substances (van Holst et. al.‚ 2010‚ p.
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Sam Doueiri Edgar Allan Poe and substance abuse The Bottled Curse Edgar Allan Poe was one of America’s most celebrated poet and story teller. His life started early with misfortune. Both of his parents were already dead‚ when Edgar was 3 years old. His father died of tuberculosis and his mother died of tuberculosis and pneumonia. He was adopted and attended school until he was 17 years old. He started the abuse of alcohol with 17 and he started gambling. As his adopting father figured out
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In most modern media portraying illicit drug abuse‚ the addicts are represented as lowlifes. While many drug abusers are accurately represented by this image‚ not all are. This misrepresentation can be devastating to less deplorable addicts who attempt to better their lives. Many addicts chose to search out better lives whether through rehabilitation or striving for success in other aspects of life such as their career. When their past poor choices are revealed many people may choose to abstain from
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If you have reached the point where you want to remove yourself from the cycle of addition‚ there are certain steps you must take. The first is to confirm your desire to quit abusing substances. After that‚ it’s incumbent on you to seek help. Immediately after you stop taking your substance of choice‚ it’s important that you understand and recognize possible detox symptoms. In many cases‚ symptoms related to the withdrawal from drugs and alcohol can create serious health issues. Depending on the
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suffers from the menace of drug abuse. Even the great American nation is in its grip and India is not far behind. Drugs have been used for medical purposes since time immemorial. But these days drugs and narcotics are being used freely by people all over the world. The abuse of narcotics has caused wide spread concern in all the nations of the world. The number of people using opium‚ cocaine‚ charas‚ sedatives and other narcotics has surpassed all dimensions. Thus the abuse of drugs has become an international
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"the love drug." Ecstasy or in Medical terms‚ MDMA‚ is a drug that has taken control of the lives of so many adults and children as well. This drug has long-term effects that will leave users more ignorant than one started out when one chooses to abuse it. As much as users believe that it does no harm‚ this drug can potentially be very dangerous. It is a synthetic‚ psychoactive‚ mind-altering drug with amphetamine and hallucinogenic properties (https://www.ctclearinghouse.org/topics/ecstasy/).
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Addiction is still somewhat of an unsolved mystery and no one is exactly sure how a certain substance acts on the brain. A popular definition of addiction is progressing from liking the substance to needing the substance and constantly seeking it out despite any negative consequences the user may experience. There is still much research to be done in the field of addiction especially alcoholism. The mechanism alcohol utilizes is disinhibition of GABA in the brain. GABA is an inhibitory transmitter
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Pathologically‚ addiction is characterized by the pursuit of reward or relief substances in a compulsive‚ uncontrolled‚ and debilitating fashion. This behavior occurs as a result of alterations in the mesolimbic pathway of the brain‚ implicated in reward‚ motivation‚ and memory. More specifically‚ the ventral tegmental area (VTA) and nucleus accumbens are two regions that directly mediate addiction. The VTA‚ activated by addictive substances‚ is the site of dopaminergic neurons that project onto the nucleus
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