Addiction Is A Disease Research Paper
Professor Lukas
English 1A
29 July 2013 Addiction Is a Disease Literature throughout history has consistently illustrated one undeniable downfall to the human race: temptation. Whether is comes in the form of a beautiful women or a bottle of wine, the power these temptations have over the brain is overwhelming. In today’s society, the idea of persuasion through temptation has been employed excessively: companies use flashy dresses, exotic locations, and sexual innuendos to attract the attention of the buyers. The connotations of these items can convince a buyer to pursue this portrayed lifestyle, whether that means attending a new clue, buying a specific brand of alcohol, or …show more content…
If the product lives up to the expectations, the buyer will almost always continue to buy, creating a pattern in behavior. In the world of drug addiction, this temptation leads to use and abuse of drugs: the more they use the product, the more likely it is that they will re-use. As this pattern in behavior spirals out of control, so does the user’s grasp on reality. However, the question becomes where the line is drawn between simple allure of temptation and physical addiction. An extreme controversy in the medical field has arisen over the debate between what defines addiction and the breath of the term. While it is clear that people make a conscious choice to do the drugs, scientists have struggles to prove the amount of control users have over their addictions after they develop this pattern of behavior. Many people have developed the notion that drug addiction is purely a sign of a weak
English 1A
29 July 2013 Addiction Is a Disease Literature throughout history has consistently illustrated one undeniable downfall to the human race: temptation. Whether is comes in the form of a beautiful women or a bottle of wine, the power these temptations have over the brain is overwhelming. In today’s society, the idea of persuasion through temptation has been employed excessively: companies use flashy dresses, exotic locations, and sexual innuendos to attract the attention of the buyers. The connotations of these items can convince a buyer to pursue this portrayed lifestyle, whether that means attending a new clue, buying a specific brand of alcohol, or …show more content…
If the product lives up to the expectations, the buyer will almost always continue to buy, creating a pattern in behavior. In the world of drug addiction, this temptation leads to use and abuse of drugs: the more they use the product, the more likely it is that they will re-use. As this pattern in behavior spirals out of control, so does the user’s grasp on reality. However, the question becomes where the line is drawn between simple allure of temptation and physical addiction. An extreme controversy in the medical field has arisen over the debate between what defines addiction and the breath of the term. While it is clear that people make a conscious choice to do the drugs, scientists have struggles to prove the amount of control users have over their addictions after they develop this pattern of behavior. Many people have developed the notion that drug addiction is purely a sign of a weak