Lydia Chakalos Professor J. Hughes English 120 16 October 2016 Rough Draft of Pro/ Con Essay The topic, addiction, is very stigmatized. In the article, “Addiction Is Not A Disease” By Gene M. Heyman, he takes the opposing side of Michael Craig Miller’s, “Addiction Is A Brain Disease”.…
Trudging the landscape of addiction-focused literature can leave both professionals and potential service users disheartened by the surplus of approaches and ideologies discussing how addictions emerge and how they are best treated. Despite the so-called evidence, dropout rates for clients struggling with addiction averages nearly 50% and the research shows that professionals struggle to perceive when certain cases are at risk of disengaging. Common perception is that lack of motivation, denial or the stigma associated with seeking support is keeping people out of mental health services but service users cite the cost and lack of confidence in the treatment to keep them disengaged. With mental health diagnoses and addiction statistics on…
The gaming industry tailor games to people preferences and interest for replay value of the game. Adding difficulty levels, over-powered weapons, downloadable content and anything that could bring the player back to their favorite game. In Brave New World, what brings a person back to their own happy world is a drug called soma. It brings about a feeling of relaxation and happiness, negative emotions disappearing while hallucinations occur to escape the unhappiness of the world. Soma and video games are examples of escaping the real world because of the feeling being satisfied and belonging.…
Reason for Assessment After reading the case study for Jason, several areas in his file attracted attention. He has had past DUIs and continues on his path, using alcohol. He does not seem to understand that there is an issue or is simply denying it. He is currently in the treatment facility following a DUI.…
Addicted America: The Struggle to Cure Every year, approximately $600 billion dollars is spent on illegal drugs. All of that money could match Bill Gate’s fortune 7 times. While there are thousands becoming addicted each day, about 200,000 addicts will die each year of an overdose. Drug addiction is becoming a bigger problem as each day passes by. Treatment plans for this epidemic continue to fail.…
The goal of this program is to improve public safety and to reduce the criminal behavior. This program saves the public money by not having to book offenders into jail. These treatment services are paid for by private foundations so they don’t cost the public any money. The response to this program has been overwhelmingly positive by both the addicts and the general public.…
Within the United States, there are 17.6 million people who have alcohol use disorder. Once patients decide to get help, one of the first questions that they ask is, 'How long does it take to detox from alcohol?” Depending on the severity of the addiction, the answer to this question can vary from person to person. How Long Does It Take to Detox From Alcohol? Detox is just the first step during recovery.…
There are a variety of addiction models but we are going to go over the bio, psycho, social model. The bio-psycho-social model recommends that addiction results of biological and psychosocial factors. According to Doweiko (2012) the biology parts of the bio, psycho, social model consist of the structural, molecular substrates of a disease, and anemometrical. An example would be Suds and how they effect of the disorder has on the person. A SUDS causes problems in the biological process and alters normal biological processes.…
Hello, Stacey! Existing in a family that is primarily consisting of alcoholics and those who abuse drugs, I know exactly what you have gone through. In the past year alone, I have lost four friends to heroin; and I have lost, connection with some family members. When I was younger, I struggled with struggle abuse. The origination to even contemplating starting what I did was, in my mind, to escape from my reality.…
Their goal is to develop effective strategies to ensure evidence-based practices are utilized to develop services that prevent and treat drug abuse and addictions. Therefore, their mission, goals, and contributions to society also align with the intent of the introduced bills. The DEA is also an important stakeholder as they have provided testimony on past bills regarding the nation’s heroin and prescription drug epidemic.…
In a social structure, having no control with adverse effects to human inequality is addiction. Addiction is a habit or dependencies for something or someone that creates external and internal satisfaction to human behavior. Furthermore, addiction is classified as a social problem. It violates the core value of society where leaders of power must act to resolve the problem due to a pattern of negative behavior creating a damaging effect to the social structure. The negative behavior is responsible for homelessness, poverty, unemployment, lack of education, and mental health issues that add societies inequality.…
Counseling is an effective therapy to remedy mental health problems and other erratic behaviors that are usually associated with substance abuse. The negative consequences on the personal and legal side are a great hindrance to anyone, especially teenagers, to achieve balance and sobriety while dealing with their friends, families, and society as a whole. A combination of pharmacological and behavioral treatments is necessary to address the problem. Substance abuse counselors identify the abusing individual's negative behaviors and apply the necessary procedures to change and provide a remedy for it. Counselors work closely with a group of caregivers from clinics or therapeutic centers.…
Opiate Addiction: Understanding Replacement Therapy An informal lecture by Scott Farnum, Administrator, Acadia Hospital in Bangor, Maine. Scott talked about how opioids have been around between three and five thousand years. The different opioids lift your mood, helps you feel motivated and pain relief. The natural opiates are more stimulating.…
The authors main point is to get out that addiction is not mostly a chemical based issue, it is more of a social based issue. Yes, part of the issue can be related to addicting chemicals, but most addictions have nothing to do with chemicals. Addiction is caused by lack of social interaction in a way. Many studies have been done to prove this as accurate. Addiction is something many people do not understand, especially addicts themselves.…
Addiction is a state that results when someone consumes a substance or involves themselves in an activity such as gambling in a way that it interferes with their normal life (Howatt 2005). There are various addictions such as drug addiction, gambling, food, internet, sex among others. Initially addiction was assumed to be a disease. However, recent research has shown that it is not a disease as it does not hold all the characteristics of a disease. In 1977.…