English 111 Narrative Paper
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Paper #1
Eng. 111
Ivy Tech State College
Wednesday Sept. 4, 2013
Addiction is a worldwide epidemic. Many people in all parts of the world have addictions. Whether it be gambling, exercise, illicit drugs, shopping, or sugar. Studies show that nearly 80% of people have some sort of an addiction. I have always found addiction and addictive behavior to be very interesting. Some addicts are believed to have been born with an addictive personality. People born with addictive personalities are thought to form problematic, unhealthy, addictions much easier and much earlier in life. Some even have multiple addictions at the same time. Some people do things like run and exercise every day, but to the point that it is not healthy. When things like running or exercise have become not-so-healthy, it usually goes unnoticed. Most people do not see activities such as exercise as possible problematic, addictive, behavior, but anything that is done excessively can become unhealthy.” The unproblematic addictions are the ones that do not cause any problems. An unproblematic addiction would not cause any type of life disrupting issue and is not life threatening in any way, and those are the addictions that ok to have.
There are differences between addictive behavior, problematic behavior that is not an addiction, and normal behavior that is non-problematic and healthy. There are physical addictions like drug dependence (mostly opiates and benzodiazepines) and alcohol abuse, and psychological addictions such as certain drug use (cocaine and marijuana) and gambling. What I just said may have not made sense to some people, but people that have dealt with an addiction know exactly what I meant. Physical and psychological addiction ALL start and end in the brain, it's just that some illicit substances, which are most common among abuse, have severe physical withdrawal symptoms. The physical withdrawal symptoms are the main reasoning behind staying addicted, and even if they
Paper #1
Eng. 111
Ivy Tech State College
Wednesday Sept. 4, 2013
Addiction is a worldwide epidemic. Many people in all parts of the world have addictions. Whether it be gambling, exercise, illicit drugs, shopping, or sugar. Studies show that nearly 80% of people have some sort of an addiction. I have always found addiction and addictive behavior to be very interesting. Some addicts are believed to have been born with an addictive personality. People born with addictive personalities are thought to form problematic, unhealthy, addictions much easier and much earlier in life. Some even have multiple addictions at the same time. Some people do things like run and exercise every day, but to the point that it is not healthy. When things like running or exercise have become not-so-healthy, it usually goes unnoticed. Most people do not see activities such as exercise as possible problematic, addictive, behavior, but anything that is done excessively can become unhealthy.” The unproblematic addictions are the ones that do not cause any problems. An unproblematic addiction would not cause any type of life disrupting issue and is not life threatening in any way, and those are the addictions that ok to have.
There are differences between addictive behavior, problematic behavior that is not an addiction, and normal behavior that is non-problematic and healthy. There are physical addictions like drug dependence (mostly opiates and benzodiazepines) and alcohol abuse, and psychological addictions such as certain drug use (cocaine and marijuana) and gambling. What I just said may have not made sense to some people, but people that have dealt with an addiction know exactly what I meant. Physical and psychological addiction ALL start and end in the brain, it's just that some illicit substances, which are most common among abuse, have severe physical withdrawal symptoms. The physical withdrawal symptoms are the main reasoning behind staying addicted, and even if they