Most people have known someone who has gone through addiction of some sort. Whether it be drugs, alcohol, or something else, everyone has been touched by addiction. Every person learns to deal with addiction in different ways and the stages of addiction are not always obvious to those around them. Addiction can become dangerous to those around the addict and often the addicted person loses control.
Hyde was a menacing person with no care for those around him. One time, Hyde stomped on a small child, hardly noticing what he had just done. A witness recounts what happened by saying, “Well, sir, the two ran into one another naturally enough at the corner; then came the horrible part of the thing; for the man trampled calmly over the child’s body and left her screaming on the ground. It sounds nothing to hear, but it was hellish to see” (3). Eventually, those around him started to notice the behaviors of Hyde. In the book it says, “Utterson knew that he was looking on the body of a self-destroyer” (33). Although Utterson began to notice Hyde’s actions, most people don’t know that those actions are being generated by addiction. Onlookers are often in denial of what is happening to the addicted person. …show more content…
He says, “I will tell you one thing: the moment I choose, I can rid of Mr. Hyde” (13). Addicts go through a stage where they are able to quit if they want, but they desire not to. This is the point in between having the capability to stop and not being able to control their addiction. An old woman reports Hyde as, “his habits were very irregular, and he was often absent; for instance, it was nearly two months since she had seen him till yesterday” (16). This is also a very accurate description of a drug addicts character. A stage of the addiction process is when the addict begins to become absent in their life and spends most of their time
Hyde was a menacing person with no care for those around him. One time, Hyde stomped on a small child, hardly noticing what he had just done. A witness recounts what happened by saying, “Well, sir, the two ran into one another naturally enough at the corner; then came the horrible part of the thing; for the man trampled calmly over the child’s body and left her screaming on the ground. It sounds nothing to hear, but it was hellish to see” (3). Eventually, those around him started to notice the behaviors of Hyde. In the book it says, “Utterson knew that he was looking on the body of a self-destroyer” (33). Although Utterson began to notice Hyde’s actions, most people don’t know that those actions are being generated by addiction. Onlookers are often in denial of what is happening to the addicted person. …show more content…
He says, “I will tell you one thing: the moment I choose, I can rid of Mr. Hyde” (13). Addicts go through a stage where they are able to quit if they want, but they desire not to. This is the point in between having the capability to stop and not being able to control their addiction. An old woman reports Hyde as, “his habits were very irregular, and he was often absent; for instance, it was nearly two months since she had seen him till yesterday” (16). This is also a very accurate description of a drug addicts character. A stage of the addiction process is when the addict begins to become absent in their life and spends most of their time