Being addicted can lead to other things, making it harder for the person who might feel like their already trapped or stuck, it’s like a snowball effect, a snowball rolls down a hill and collects more and more until it takes out everything in its path, even if that means you. Sometimes being addicted can make someone lose their house, job, or even their family, which can make them fall into a depressed state or can even give them anxiety. Some people really do want to get help for being addicted, but what would the point be if you had nothing, if you had to start your life all over again? How would you build that trust back with your friends, your family? Why would someone want to stop something that made them feel worthy or just forget about…
Addiction the Debility Addicts have no pleasure in the stimulus they indulge in. Their life, reason and reputation for it consistently keep going down. It has been for a larger cause that the person is trying to escape from and forget all about. This causes the brain to change, making addiction a disease. In the play, “Macbeth,” addiction is seen within the main character Macbeth who is addicted to power and won’t stop until his death.…
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.…
In Michelle Crouch’s and Mary Kate Frank’s article,“Caffeine Overload?” from Junior Scholastic , they argue that caffeine is harmful and shouldn’t be advertised to minors. The author claims that caffeine is dangerous because, it can cause tiredness, decreased brain development, hyperactivity and other serious problems for health, especially for young people. The FDA was asked to require safety warnings on energy drinks, showing again how serious this problem is.…
Summary of Abstinence I tried to give up soda for six weeks for my abstinence project. For the first two weeks, I stayed strong and did not have any soda. Every time I would usually have a soda, I replaced it with water. At the beginning of my third week, I relapsed and drank soda.…
A health crisis has been taking place with the excessive selling of food products that have an excess of calories and no nutritional value. This is the case of beverages that contain high amounts of sweeteners and whose consumption has increased progressively in the last decades. This increase is partly due to many people prefer to drink a can of soda to accompany their meals or refresh their thirst, instead of preparing a natural juice or drinking water. This reality has made these drinks become part of the regular diet of most Americans, which has contributed to the increase of diseases such as obesity and type 2 diabetes. These and many other illnesses have a greater impact on children and adolescents, whom by being in the stage of growth…
Caffeine is the most widely used as a CNS Stimulant (Astrid Nehlig,1992). Natural source of caffeine is found in more than 60 plants species such as coffee (Coffea robusta/arabica), tea (Camellia sinensis), cocoa (Theobroma cacao), guarana (Paullinia cupana), yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis) and kola nut(Cola nitida/acuminata) (Haskell,2013; Smith et al., 2007 ). In the United states it has been estimated that the overall caffeine consumption in adult population is 4mg/kg per day (Hechman,2010). The mechanism of action of caffeine is nonselective inhibition of adenosine receptors and phosphodiesterase which increase the level of dopamine, norepinephrine and serotonin and causes CNS stimulation[Haskell,2013; DRUGDEX System Micromedex 2.0.…
According to CASA Columbia: Ending Addiction Changes Everything approximately 16% of the US population ages 12 and over has a substance problem. 1 in 6 of those addicts has multiple addictions. And in Georgia 14.4% of the state's budget is spent on substance use and well as 2 cents of each dollar funds prevention and treatment. Yet many people are uneducated on what addiction is, how it works, and all of its forms. People commonly confuse addiction and habit.…
Through a Blue Lens is a 52 minute long documentary which portrays the day to day interactions between a group of officers from the Vancouver Police Department and various homeless and drug addicts in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. In this film, the police officers, known as The Odd Squad Productions Society, hope to educate society about the tragedy of those who suffer from the addiction to controlled substances and alcohol, and of the extreme circumstances these individuals find themselves in due to said addictions. Over the course of the film, the police officers develop great sympathy and concern toward the homeless and drug addicts they encounter during their patrolling of the city. As part of the exchanges between the cops and the…
People develop addictions very easily and cannot overcome them. The dependence on a specified stimulant will eventually…
Before starting drug addiction counseling, it is very important to know what actually addiction is. Addiction is the habituation of the body to certain unnatural substances. These substances can range from nicotine, alcohol, caffeine, and other addictive substances. These alien substances not only effect neurotransmitters in the brain but also various organs of human body ranging from eyesight to sense of taste. Drug and alcohol addiction causes various parts of body from proper functioning in one hand and excites the other parts of human body on the other hand.…
Addiction can mean many things but it is a habit forming or psychological need for a substance. Although addiction can have many meanings, good and bad, I am only going to discuss one and that is excessive exercising. Examples of a good and bad addiction would be exercising excessively. The ways that this addiction may be good is that it keeps a persons’ body in good health. Excessive exercise is a good thing because it keeps a person healthy and fit.…
Our society is becoming engrossed with caffeine and many people are falling ill to its unnoticed negative properties. It’s important to watch how much caffeine intake your body is receiving each day in the foods and drinks you consume. Caffeine is not a bad drug but be careful to watch for symptoms of withdrawal and caffeine intoxication. It can be dangerous for your body if to much stress is put on it. Remember, there is always decaffeinated options and sometimes these are the best to keep your body…
Medical researchers have much more to learn about energy drinks, but the known primary cause of serious health problems appears to be the high concentrations of caffeine. An example of findings related to cardiovascular effects are, Heart palpitations. According to one study, 19 percent of college students who have used energy drinks had experienced heart palpitations. “Frequently containing high and unregulated amounts of caffeine, these drinks have been reported in association with serious adverse effects, especially in children, adolescents, and young adults with seizures, diabetes, cardiac abnormalities, or mood and behavioral disorders or those who take certain medications.” (pediatrics 1).…
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.…