Addictions

debated if addiction is a choice or if it is a disease. A disease causes an abnormality within the body that causes the body not to function properly physically. For example, cancer is a disease and it stops the bone marrow from producing blood cells to fight the disease. You don’t have a choice when it comes a disease. The word disease wouldn’t even exist if he or she had a choice. Addiction is a choice and not a disease. NIDA (The national drug institute on drug abuse and addiction) conducted brain

problem streaming throughout the global society today is IAD or Internet Addiction Disorder. Our culture along with many others has been consumed with the ease and pleasure of shopping, gaming, and social networking through online portals to the point that it has become an overwhelming problem for some people. What Internet Addiction Disorder is exactly has been the topic of much debate and so has what makes internet addiction so addicting. IAD is a serious problem and is receiving attention from all

Many people across the world are struggling with many different types of addictions. Some people feel that sex is a major concern. In the article “Your Addicted to What? Challenging the Myth of Sex addiction”, written by Marty Klein, he states that sex is not an addiction. On the other had many other believe that it is. A multitude of people would argue that sex is not an addiction because it is something that can be controlled. We all have choices, and the choices are up to the individual to make

The Source of Addiction is Within us from Willpower’s not enough states an interesting point that our own attitude is addictive not that chemical substance or behavior. Therefore, during the recovery process it is more than stopping the habitual behavior. A therapist working with addictions, changing the client’s belief system and attitudes will get the client to head towards the right direction. However, even positives activities an addict can do so compulsively too. The individual has the predisposition

Treating individuals with addiction struggles can be difficult for the individual and the people involved. There is a process for the individual to go through to realize they have a problem and that they need to get treatment. This literature review is going to show various ways people can treat addiction through different treatment programs. The studies will examine treatments that were tested and if the results were beneficial and successful. Various components need to go into a treatment plan

concerns lead scientist to perform test to study the changes around the globe. http://cip.cornell.edu/dns.gfs/1200428197 Now if review one major aspect that is being under discussion by the people is the “sugar controversy “declaring sugar as an addiction like any other drug heroine, morphine or codeine. http://jn.nutrition.org/content/139/3/623. In early times sugar was taken as a pleasure of life and with passage of time it became a need for people and dependency on the product increased making

stepbrother, he has been battling his heroin addiction since we were fifteen years old, and I have seen firsthand how this disease can rip a family apart. Andy’s addiction has inflicted such tremendous stress and hurt on my parents and watching them try to help him recover from this addiction is heartbreaking. It is heartbreaking because I am powerless to help heal our family; I would not wish this pain on my worst enemy, because my stepbrother’s addiction has been one of the greatest trials of my own

there. With people playing it all the time, do you think it’s an addiction or amusement?To explain, Fortnite is super fun to many gamers because of its “never seen before” genre. It’s also very popular because of its online feature lets you play with friends. In the text, Addiction or Amusement, By Kimberly Crouch, Fortnite is played by many people (about 40M). Some may get addicted easier then some. Do you think Fortnite is an addiction or is it amusement. Some say it is, some say it isn’t. We all

gaming will eventually be acknowledged as a process addiction (Capuzzi & Stauffer, 2016). Currently, Internet gaming disorder is identified as a condition that needs additional study because it displays diagnostic criteria involving addictive criteria, however it does not endorse a diagnosis at this time (Capuzzi & Stauffer, 2016). Internet gaming does acknowledge the following statement,” Internet gaming has been reportedly defined as an addiction by the Chinese government, and a treatment system

They do not know they are addicted to the three most common addiction drugs, alcohol, or sexual abuse. Addiction is a decease and the most common addiction are drugs and alcohol. They are method for the cure of alcoholism. But do we know those methods or treatment or where we can start helping a family member or friend that is addicted to