these understandings on addiction to social care practice. The word “addict” originates from Roman law where an individual is compelled to his or her creditor place of payment of debt (Ross et al‚ 2010). As Dunnington states that addiction is defined a number of different ways. Addiction is defined as a “brain disease” personifies by “compulsive use of drugs” this definition comes from the Institute of Medicine (2011). The National Institute on Drug Abuse defines addiction as a “chronic‚ relapsing
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people who would say addiction is not a disease but a choice. Those people are looking at it in an object manner without even scrapping the surface of the true issue. Daniel Akst‚ a writer from New York’s Hudson Valley‚ wrote that‚ “Addiction is voluntary rather than compulsory” (Akst). While indeed the first act of engaging in drug use is voluntary the spiraling downward effect is caused by addiction taking over a person’s brain. Mr. Netherton implies in this statement‚ "Addiction is a crutch word that
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How Drug Addicts Affect Families Many families now a days seem to struggle with addiction somewhere within their family. Whether a person is dealing with addiction themselves‚ or instead going through the painful steps alongside a close family members‚ drugs tear apart everything they encounter. Because drug addiction is such a tough battle to overcome for some people‚ many family member often feel an obligation to go above and beyond on efforts to help the drug addict only to often times realize
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Parents who suffer with alcohol addiction can disrupt a family’s life and cause harmful effects that can last life long time. The effects that are experienced by the members of a family may be different from one to another. Children of alcoholic parents are defined as those who grow up in a home with at least one alcoholic parent (About.com‚ 2008). According to Berger (1993)‚ most children with alcoholic parents have many common symptoms such as low self-esteem‚ loneliness‚ guilt‚ feelings of helplessness
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Title of the Study: Computer addiction when it comes to online games Purpose of the Study: To provide additional information of the disadvantages if one is addicted to computer games. To be a reference of one of those future researchers and also can be used by many of the students. The purpose of study is to: 1. Identify the effects of computer addiction. 2. Interview the young people in how they engaged with the computer games. 3. Give the examples of the games where the teenagers
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The Reasoning and Consequences of Addiction Addiction is defined as a “compulsive psychological need for and use of a habit-forming substance” (merriam-webster.com). It is a debilitating disease that spreads like an infection throughout the life of the addict. Persistent use then consumes every aspect of that life‚ damaging the physical‚ psychological and social well-being of anyone within its grip (merriam-webster.com). Addiction does not discriminate. People from every race‚ age‚ sex‚ religion
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reader that not matter what happens to us‚ we must continue on. This does not mean that the journey back will be easy‚ but it means that you just have to keep living‚ and keep being thankful that you are in existence. Poems like these are difficult to read‚ but I feel like the reader can take away more from this poem than just feeling sick to their stomach. I was surprised by the lack of sensor in Sharon Olds’ poems; she does not try to cover up things by using flowery language. She is just blunt
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Expository Composition Fall 2013 Going For the Look Do stores discriminate people when hiring? Submitted By Due Date: Period: Submitted To Abstract Companies like Hollister‚ Pacsun‚ and Abercrombie and Fitch are being accused of not being true to their hiring criteria based on a person’s looks. Surveys were conducted for this research. The participants targeted were mainly teens from Carson Senior High School that were either seventeen or eighteen years old. They were
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Why do individuals discriminate against others? dis·crim·i·nate/disˈkriməˌnāt/ Verb: | 1. Recognize a distinction; differentiate. 2. Perceive or constitute the difference in or between. | | People discriminate because unfortunately we still live in a world of ignorance and uniformity. In some people’s minds if they do not understand something or it is different it make it wrong because it does not conform with what is ‘correct’. We may discriminate to make ourselves feel better about
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different circumstances that lead to addiction and keep it a reoccurring issue. Addiction is a mental issue and has physical and psychological side effects. Many people experiment with drugs. Addiction is a very common issue. The majority of Americans sample drugs at least once in their life. Not all use of substances is considered an addiction. While there is a great deal of effect on the brain‚ it is also necessary to know the difference between use and addiction. Drug use in America is a
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