Addiction - Short Essay

Addiction is a physical, psychological and physiological state that is as a result of dependence on substances that are psychoactive. They are taken into the body either through smoking, drinking, injection or any other means that may cause their entry into the body. The addiction develops when an individual cannot stay for prolonged periods of time without relying on the psychoactive substance that they are addicted to.
Existing programs are not working because they're based on false assumptions of philosophy and human nature. They do not address the motivations and emotions of addictions.
Today, drug treatment and rehabilitation centers are typically operating on the belief that social or philosophical factors are causing the addictive behavior, and that if we could change an addict's belief system, or his social support structure we could end his addictive behavior. And yet, the success an individual attains, typically doesn't last as long as the treatment. This superficial view comes from our governmental and religious orientations, which maintain that addiction is the result of bad personal choices, weak character, and anti-social or irreligious behaviors.

Life is tough and some of us need something just a little more. In high school all you want to do is fit in but how can you when you are an outsider. This world of drug use you did not even know about so no wonder you didn't fit it. Once introduced everybody wants to get messed up with you cause you are really a cool person. You start making good friends and hanging out with them everyday. You begin to forget about your family and everything else all you want to do is hang out with your friends and get messed up. Life is tough as a teen and you want to be accepted. Before you know it years go by and all you do is smoke weed, everyday. Seems fun and exciting at the time but then that's all that you do. Then you notice that all your so called friends talk and do things behind each others