Is addiction a disease or a psychological/biological disorder. First we need to consider what a disease is. In the following statements and research I will be attempting to compare to views on this matter. The importance of this topic is to really to discuss what is at hand. According to Alice M Young, addiction has a tremendous effect on the brain, both psychological and biological. Jeffrey A. Schaler, on the other hand, is trying to convince us that addiction is a disease. One author speaks of brain processes and the other on predispositions. This is what I came up with.…
I would choose to tell my friends the dangerous effects and leave the party. Nicotine is a kind of highly addictive stimulant drug and comes in many forms, such as cigarettes. It can be used in all four ways, injection , ingestion , absorption, and inhalation.…
1. List and describe five (5) of the eleven (11) relapse warnings signs that were discuss in class.…
Although people have been using and abusing substances for as long as these substances have existed, the study of of addictions with the exception of alcoholism did not really emerge until the 1960's-1970's. Through out the last decade multiple changes to how addiction is viewed have occurred. Due to advances in the medical field and a better understanding of the chemistry of the brain addiction is now viewed as a disease instead of just a lack of morals. Because of the prevalence of wide spread usage of opiods, cocaine, and marijuana in the 60's and 70's more comprehensive research was deemed necessary to not only treat but effectively prevent drug addiction and alcoholism. It was also during this time frame that different classes of substances were created and we see a shift in how drug offenders were handled from the once harsher punishments to required treatment programs.…
Addiction can be separated into three categories: mind (neurological), body (physical), and spirit (psychological). Within in this breakdown addiction can possibly be explained and properly understood.…
Heroin is a destructive opioid. Abusing heroin can lead to seizures, psychosis and hallucination. Heroin abuse interferes with the brain’s receptors which can lead to serious health issues. Heroin injections at times contribute in spreading diseases such as human immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis. Heroin users become physically dependent on it very quickly, requiring them to take more and more to achieve the same high. Huge amount of heroin can cause fatal overdose. Professional rehabilitation is required as the withdrawal symptoms of heroin are life-threating.…
Heroin addiction is a scary thing. There are so many risks involved with this drug, it is difficult to understand why a person would want to even try it. The textbook mentions that experts consider heroin to be the most addictive of all the opioids, taking the drug for just a few weeks can result in its users the opioid use disorder. This is a disorder which can interfere with their daily lives, causing the drug to be the focus of their life. The textbook also mentions that the addict develops a tolerance for heroin, they must continue to increase the amount in order to feel the high. The most urgent danger of heroin is the overdose because it affects the function of the brain which in many situations produces death. The video mentions that…
This paper is to bring awareness to the addiction of heroin. It discusses the illegal, and highly addictive drug that is currently most abused most rapidly acting of the opiates. The immediate effects of heroin use, how rapid the dug enters the brain and binds to the opioid receptors will also be discussed. Heroin is very addictive because it enters the brain hastily. The abuser will show signs of drowsiness for several hours and their mental function is impaired due to heroin’s influence on the central nervous system. The most damaging long-term effect of heroin addiction is definitely the addiction itself. Heroin addiction is chronic, and…
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Center for Substance Abuse Treatment 1 Choke Cherry Road Rockville, MD 20857…
Experience tells us that escaping your existing environment is a key component for successful recovery. We have locations across the country, and look forward to helping you through this important first step into sober living.…
Literature throughout history has consistently illustrated one undeniable downfall to the human race: temptation. Whether is comes in the form of a beautiful women or a bottle of wine, the power these temptations have over the brain is overwhelming. In today’s society, the idea of persuasion through temptation has been employed excessively: companies use flashy dresses, exotic locations, and sexual innuendos to attract the attention of the buyers. The connotations of these items can convince a buyer to pursue this portrayed lifestyle, whether that means attending a new clue, buying a specific brand of alcohol, or…
I would not say that I am addicted to my smart phone, but I do not like when I do not have my phone around me because it makes me feel like I am lost. The reason why I say I'm not addicted is because most people who are addicted to their phones who the ones who can never stop checking their phone. Me personality I can deal with out my phone if my parents having my phone if I ever got in trouble. But some people who gets their phone taken they will not be able to focus without their phones. Also those are the ones who is always on the social media websites and are the ones that are constantly checking their phones. I feel like I'm not as addicted to my phone like how I used to be, I think the reason why is because I got tired of always being…
Addiction has generally been attributed to drug addiction. Drug addiction is very serious and those that fall into substance abuse can cause severe damage to themselves and others around them. Drug addiction is the most common form of addiction. People use certain drugs and generally overuse will cause a physical and mental dependence. Addictive drugs such as heroin and cocaine are very dangerous and may lead people to become damaging to themselves and other around them. These drugs exhibit tremendous chemical effects, and which may be irritating to the user and only continuous use will help make it stop. But can you blame drugs for the addiction? Addiction is an experience that happens in a persons mind. It may be triggered by a drug and it usually creates comfort or some pleasurable feeling which is better then the person's normal state. This may be one reason why not everyone who tries drugs becomes an addict, as the feeling obtained by the drug is not better then a person's current state of affair. Drug addicts may fall into drug addiction as they may be depressed with their current state of affairs and drugs provide an escape from reality. While this cannot be generalized to all addicts there are many outside factors to consider when a person becomes addicted to drugs.…
I chose to do my research assignment on the importance of spirituality in addiction recovery because I am interested in how people change their lives from addiction and what helps them in recovery. In my community addiction course I learnt about recovery and what helps. The 12 step program came up a lot and people are becoming more spiritual. I did not know anything about the 12 step programme and I related spirituality solely to religion, so I became interested in doing research on it.…
When I was 5 years old I got adopted into a loving family. My life before I was adopted was not sunshine and rainbows. My birth mother had an issue with manipulated drugs and alcohol, she also didn’t have a good child hood because my grandmother, her, and my aunt, had to flee Haiti during coup. My mother had me at a very young age, she was 17 years old and shouldn’t have had a child in my opinion. One of my first childhood memories was insignificant . I went through abuse a majority of the time I was with my birth family. I remember one time my mother came home drunk.I was about three years old ,and I went to go give her a hug, she grasped me by my hair and yanked me to the basement door, then she opened it and chucked me down the stairs…
