HOW ADDICTIONS DESTROY THE FAMILY UNIT In our modern life‚ there are certain things that can destroy the family unit queitly such as addictions. An addiction is anything that one must have in order to avoid a negative feeling or syptoms. Addictions can include almost anything‚ not just foods‚ drinks or other physical substances. Some addiction are mend to make one calm‚ but it easily becomes an emotional crutch that unfortunately usually worsen physical aspects of addiction. However‚ the point
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According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse‚ drug abuse can be a cause of other diseases such as cancer‚ heart disease‚ and HIV/AIDS. Addiction to a substance can lead to those diseases or worse‚ death. Globally‚ the misuse of legal and illegal drugs kills around 200‚000 people annually (Drug Abuse Kills). Addiction should not be taken lightly or treated like the addict’s own fault. As such‚ substance abuse should be considered a disease and treated as such in order to effectively rehabilitate
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Johnson Crisis Intervention April 10th‚ 2015 “The Crisis of Addiction” One of the longest ongoing issues in the world today is addiction. Unlike some of the other examples of crisis‚ this has been a problem since the beginning of time. Alcohol is the most commonly used‚ abused‚ and also the easiest of addictive substances to
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Prescription Drug Addiction in Nevada Prescription drug addiction in Nevada is at epidemic levels and is one of the foremost drug abuse and addiction problems throughout the country. Prescription drug abuse constitutes the non-medical use and misuse of prescribed medications. Beginning in the 1990’s‚ drugs have been prescribed in record numbers. Often‚ an addiction is born out of prolonged use of painkillers creating unintentional dependence and addiction. Patients begin to require increasing doses
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Addictions Lead to Destruction Addiction - the state of being enslaved to a habit or practice or to something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming. (dictionary.reference.com). Do you know someone in your life who suffers from drug/alcohol addiction? Addiction destroys the families’ life‚ consumes the families’ financial recourses‚ and depletes the families’ emotional reserves. One major aspects of drug/alcohol addiction is that by the time an addict realizes he/she has a problem‚
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Substance Abuse and Addiction are often terms that are confused with one another and used interchangeably but it is important to note that they are not the same. An individual can both abuse a substance and be addicted to it at the same time. However‚ one can abuse a substance and not be physically addicted to it. Substance abuse is the inappropriate use of a substance or the use of a substance in a way that is not its intended purpose or the use of a substance in access or in extreme amounts.
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FORWARDING CERTIFICATE Ms Bandana Grover has been permitted to write a project on “Alcoholism and Drug Addiction” for B.A. LL.B. (Hons) Internal Evaluation of Amity Law School‚ Sector – 125‚ Noida‚ AUUP. Date: 10th October 2011 Ms. Mokshdha Bhushan Lecturer Amity Law School AUUP Noida - 201301 Introduction Alcoholism and Drug Addiction may be conceptualized as crime without victim that is‚ addict himself is the victim who becomes a prey of its misuse. This
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Adonis Miller Holly Burnside Eng. 111-024 8 Apr 2013 Teenagers vs. Drug Addiction One of the main causes of death each year in teens is due to drug and alcohol addiction. For several decades‚ drugs and alcohol have been a major problem in our society. Drug related problems are on the rise. There is no crime that kills more teenagers in the world then drugs do. Although it is illegal for someone to purchase‚ possess‚ or consume alcohol under the age of 21‚ many teenagers do. In addition
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Sherri Jobe ENG 101 A109/Beardmore I have chosen to write my paper on the many facades of addiction‚ but mostly the denial that often times surround it. In my line of work‚ I have been amazed at the number of people who have actually sat across from me and said‚ “What? Me? I don’t have an addiction.” While many perceive addiction as the obvious; drugs‚ alcohol‚ excessive behavior‚ etc.‚ many are not ready to admit that they belong in this category‚ even though all the writing is on the
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In Television Addiction by Marie Winn she makes the claims that although television addiction isn’t as serve as a drug and alcohol addiction it still has a draw to it. At first announces that the word “addiction” is used “jokingly” as well as a way to “denote” splurging on something you find enjoyable. Winn brings up the negative side of addiction defining it as‚ “a search for a “high” that normal life does not supply.” Which leads her into discussing the effect on the people who are addicted and
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