As some people develop addictions to drugs, and not others, it’s interesting to think about why. Robinson and Berridge go into many complex neurological explanations for this issue, mainly involving animals, but that can, however, carry over into humans. Why certain people can start taking an addictive drug and stop when they so choose, and why others cannot, is interesting to think about. As no two people are the same, there’s obviously not a single, distinctive way to determine a definite cause. It is interesting that both negative and positive reinforcement had been considered as possible descriptions for drug addictions, as they would appear to be opposites.…
An addictive personality may express itself in any addiction. This has important consequences for treatment. As Nakken observes:- Recovery is not just about breaking off one's relationship with an object or event, though this is of great importance. Recovery is primarily about coming to know one's addictive personality and taking the necessary steps to rid oneself of addictive attitudes, beliefs, values and behaviours. An example of the effect of this is given:- "People in a recovery program for alcohol addiction need to clearly understand thatthey are prone to form a possible addictive relationship with another object or event - food for example.…
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”.…
Drug addiction is based or created by trying to escaping a problem and not trying to find a solution to it but by taking substances. As the pervious paragraphs have been stated that addiction in based on escaping, environmental, and pharmacies. Escaping a problem by a substance will only be temporary not fully. Finding a solution might seem harder but will be for the best it. Environmental meaning if people are staying in a good or bad environment.…
Stanton Peele critizes this theory for undermining personal responsibility and for the medicalization and biologization of normal human development. He believed that the choice and personal responsibility must be recognized and acknowledged. The author argues that biologically oriented explanations of addiction are not only inadequate, but also harmful. By discounting the importance of cultural differences in rates of alcoholism, high rates of natural remission, spontaneous recovery, and the social control of body weight, this model is denying the evidence of social causes of addiction, and therefore damaging to an individual and to the culture as whole (Peele,…
As Fisher and Harrison (2013) state these models believe in multivariate syndrome. Multivariate syndrome explains while viewing addiction one must be conscious that there is an interaction between psychological, cognitive, biological, developmental, social, and environmental variables that explain addiction. That none of these are solely responsible and that at times multiple sections may need to be addressed to attend to the addiction without removal of individual responsibility like the disease model. When looking at addiction from this form of an explanatory model it allows opportunities for intra-agency and interagency case management to occur. This can provide an individual and/or their family better support to their entire life experiences and stressors rather than focusing solely on the addiction.…
Addiction is such a hard disease to beat, especially addiction quitting, this has been a big problem throughout the United States. Bandura’s social cognitive theory on addiction was referred to Reza Hospital for addiction. They done testing on 60 people, 30 people in test groups and 30 people in control group. They based it on Bandura’s social cognitive theory, on the test group and control group for 1 month after they were admitted. After 1 month the test group was more successful than the control group with quitting addiction.…
Addiction is not a disease. This is something Marc Lewis touches on frequently in his talk during the last day of the Nobel Conference. He points out that the people calling addiction a disease are not the bad guys, they probably do not understand what addiction really is. And that is what Marc Lewis wants to help clear up; what exactly is addiction? One of the problems that causes misconception about addiction is that there are many different models of addiction.…
Individuals that have a substance addiction have lost the power of choice to make decisions that most reasonable people would make. In order to remain drug and alcohol free the person with substance addiction must rely on a power greater than themselves to make decisions to stay sober and practice this in all of their affairs. One with substance addiction has lost all self-will and if left to their own devices they will drink or drug again no matter the consequences. This illustration shows how key the brain is in substance addiction. If the substance is never entered into the body then it never will set off the allergy inside the brain of…
Drug =Survival. When you cross a line into addiction, Drug =Drug. In addiction, something goes wrong with the part of the brain to know things that are harmful, that is the brain pleasure sense. Addiction is the ability of the brain to proceed, process and act upon pleasurable experience. The brain creates pleasurable experience, it brings reward and one can remember it.…
In The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, She faced the terrible problem of alcoholism just like some people in today’s society. Alcoholism is still a problem in society today. Her dad went through some hard times which made him dependent on alcohol. Alcoholism is one of the most things people label as addictive. People turn to alcohol like it is the only thing that can help them; they say it clears the mind and comforts them.…
"Most likely, substance abuse and dependence result from a combination of factors, including biochemical, genetic, familial, environmental, and cultural ones, as well as personality dynamics" (Straussner, 2013, p.14).…
Addictive Personality Depending upon the personality types people are drawn towards substance abuse. The addictive personality consists of characteristics that these people share. The addictive personality consists of traits such as: • Anxiety • Impulsiveness • Easily stressed • Admiration of rebellious people • Low confidence and self-esteem • Anti-social behaviour • Depression…
Addiction Potential Scale vs Addiction Severity Index The Addiction Potential Scale (APS) and the Addiction Severity Index (ASI) are both used to measure substance abuse. Each one has its advantages and disadvantages, but they both work together to determine not only who has the potential to become addicted to alcohol and drugs, but also the severity of the addiction. Both are critical to assessing a person’s addiction, or likeliness to develop an addiction, so that the individual can be treated properly or informed on how to prevent the addiction from occurring in the first place. What is the Addiction Potential Scale?…
Drug Users Should Go To Treatment Drug addiction is an illness causing extreme drug craving, drug seeking and use. Despite all the consequences it still continues. Drug addiction begins with the single act of taking drugs, and over time the ability to choose not to do so becomes harder and harder. Taking drugs and seeking the high becomes a compulsion. The behavior results from prolonged drug exposure on the brain and how it functions.…