Five Paragraph Compositions on Opiate Addiction

Opiate addiction comes in many different forms of abuse with many different kinds of people. There are three types of characterized reasons which can keep a person adducted to the opiate like the physical dependency, psychological dependency and the social context of the dependency. First of all, opiate addiction occurs after long-term use of the opiate and that person becomes physically dependent on it. Dependence on the opiates drug alleviates physical pain and allows those suffering from pain to function without constantly thinking about their pain. As with most opiates, the more individuals consume them, the higher their tolerance for that opiate becomes. Once physical dependence sets in, the abuser often feels like they cannot function normally without regularly consuming opiates. According to Gene M. Heyman (2009) of Harvard University Press withdrawal symptoms can be mild lasting from 48 hours to severe lasting up to 6 weeks depending on the person’s habit. Withdrawal symptoms are similar to flu like symptoms which include cramps, itch, rapid heartbeat, RLS “restless leg syndrome”, vomiting, diarrhea, weakness and sneezing. In addition, to being physically dependent on opiates you can also experience the withdrawals of being psychologically dependent on them to. The psychological part includes cravings for the opiate in between doses, and maintaining enough pills to keep the abusers schedule regular and in some cases feeling the need to increase the frequency of the doses to keep the same feeling of the opiate. That’s when the user becomes dependent because that’s their main focus of life. When going to a detox program it is very important to talk with the specialist about what the user is feeling in order to get to the root of the problem. It is also important to try and have family with the user when having an intervention in order to get all the information that is surrounding the user’s life. According to Maria Tenaglia-Webster (2009) of