Brain Addiction Research Paper

The brain itself is highly complex as every part has a specific role in the way it functions. The Brain has three main parts consisting of the cerebrum, cerebellum, and the brain stem. The brain is the most powerful organ in one's body, but even with it being as complex and powerful as it is, things can still go wrong. This is where brain disease and disorders come into play. The definition of brain disease is defined as, "any disorder or disease of the brain"("brain disease -definition of brain disease by The Free Dictionary," n.d.) Brain disease, the term itself, has many disorders associated with it. Cerebral palsy, epilepsy, Parkinson's disease and apraxia are a few known disorders, but what about addiction? One might suggest that addiction is a choice or lack of self accountability, "The United States has elevated addiction to a national icon. It's our symbol, it's our excuse," says Stanton Peele, author of The Diseasing of America. While on the other …show more content…
Something as simple as a person's cup of coffee can create a dependency. 1,000,000 cups of coffee are reportedly served each day in the United States, that's over fifty four percent of adults over the age of eighteen that drink coffee every day in the United states alone. ("Coffee Drinking Statistics | Statistic Brain," 2014). Coffee contains a substance commonly known as caffeine. Caffeine is a crystalline compound found in tea and coffee plants, also a known stimulant of the central nervous system. Whenever a person wakes up a chemical called adenosine slowly accumulates in your brain. Adenosine binds to receptors which slow down brain activity. The more adenosine you have, the more fatigued your brain gets. The longer someone is awake, the more fatigued one will become, while sleeping the concentration of adenosine decreases slowly increasing wakefulness. ("Caffeine Withdrawal Symptoms: Top Ten,"