Comparing The Six C's Of Addiction And Recovery
Today is the third day of the April Blogging Challenge. Today I have chosen the 6 C's of addiction and Recovery. Those six words of Addiction and Recovery are Choice, Compulsion, Craving, Consequence and Control and Choose Life.
The first C word is, Choice which seems to be the greatest of the debate in this disease of addiction.
Webster's defines with word Choice: The act of choosing
Before you continue reading I am curious do you think drug use is a choice?
There are those who say it is indeed a choice and my loved on is the stupid one who chose it. Then there are those of us who know that first time of use was all that it took. I am just wondering because you opinion also counts.
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Our loved one could have even been manipulated into trying this drug for the first time. The persuader told my addict, "Man, you will never know a high like a heroin high."
In the end, yes it was our loved one who made that first initial choice to try it. After that first time, just once the word choice is not even an option anymore. The other C's of addiction take over the mind. That folks, is just one way to define the power of Heroin.
Addiction is defined according to drugabuse.gov as a chronic, relapsing brain disease that is characterized by compulsive drug seeking and use, despite the harmful consequences.
It is considered a disease because drug use changes the brain. Drug use changes the brains structure and how it works. These changes to the brain are debilitating, long lasting, and lead to many other harmful behaviors as seen in those who abuse them.
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Heroin in fact is just one of the many other drugs that it only takes one time of trying it to get a person hooked.
One of Heroin's charms is a person who uses just once, will never feel that same high ever again no matter how many times a person uses afterwards. That is where the slang, Chasing The Dragon comes in. Have you ever heard that expression?
That is because a user will forever be chasing that first high that heroin gave to them. That feeling in their brain when heroin teased the dopamine in their brain. That too is where the other "C" words come in.
The other C's are words Compulsion, Craving, Consequences and Control
Webster's definition of Compulsion as it relates to an addiction as: An irresistible urge to behave in a certain way, especially against one's conscious wishes.
Someone trying heroin just once cannot control themselves which is due to addiction. Using heroin then becomes a must otherwise a user will get sick and start to go through withdrawals within just a few hours after only trying it once. Not using also leads to anxiety. To an addicts brain this compulsion leads to an overpowering urge to use again and
The first C word is, Choice which seems to be the greatest of the debate in this disease of addiction.
Webster's defines with word Choice: The act of choosing
Before you continue reading I am curious do you think drug use is a choice?
There are those who say it is indeed a choice and my loved on is the stupid one who chose it. Then there are those of us who know that first time of use was all that it took. I am just wondering because you opinion also counts.
Let me explain this to you. I hope you will …show more content…
Our loved one could have even been manipulated into trying this drug for the first time. The persuader told my addict, "Man, you will never know a high like a heroin high."
In the end, yes it was our loved one who made that first initial choice to try it. After that first time, just once the word choice is not even an option anymore. The other C's of addiction take over the mind. That folks, is just one way to define the power of Heroin.
Addiction is defined according to drugabuse.gov as a chronic, relapsing brain disease that is characterized by compulsive drug seeking and use, despite the harmful consequences.
It is considered a disease because drug use changes the brain. Drug use changes the brains structure and how it works. These changes to the brain are debilitating, long lasting, and lead to many other harmful behaviors as seen in those who abuse them.
So, to answer the question of Choice or …show more content…
Heroin in fact is just one of the many other drugs that it only takes one time of trying it to get a person hooked.
One of Heroin's charms is a person who uses just once, will never feel that same high ever again no matter how many times a person uses afterwards. That is where the slang, Chasing The Dragon comes in. Have you ever heard that expression?
That is because a user will forever be chasing that first high that heroin gave to them. That feeling in their brain when heroin teased the dopamine in their brain. That too is where the other "C" words come in.
The other C's are words Compulsion, Craving, Consequences and Control
Webster's definition of Compulsion as it relates to an addiction as: An irresistible urge to behave in a certain way, especially against one's conscious wishes.
Someone trying heroin just once cannot control themselves which is due to addiction. Using heroin then becomes a must otherwise a user will get sick and start to go through withdrawals within just a few hours after only trying it once. Not using also leads to anxiety. To an addicts brain this compulsion leads to an overpowering urge to use again and