Substance Abuse Interrupts Everything in Life
Substance abuse is an addictive and harmful substance that affects someone’s actions, and/or loss of control. People who are experiencing an addiction on either alcohol or drugs are not the only ones who are suffering because those who surround them, also get affected in serious circumstances. Therefore, substance abuse can become a burden in life. Three most common issues that individuals face from an addiction, are loss of control/behavior, health problems, and law issues. Those people who are encountering chemical abuse may say that they are fine and that their lives are not poorly being affected, though they are wrong because their lives are really in danger and, therefore causes future difficulties. …show more content…
Individuals want to keep taking drugs or drinking alcohol without knowing that they are hurting themselves. It is stated in the article “Drug Abuse and Addiction” from HelpGuide that “changes in your brain interfere with your ability to think clearly, exercise good judgment, control your behavior, and feel normal without drugs” (Robinson, Smith, and Saisan 1). The authors mean that when individuals are taking drugs or drinking alcohol and the substance goes to the system and into the brain, it tends to change their way of thinking and instead makes them do unfortunate decisions. The unpleasant behavior caused, can be difficult for others to accept. In addition, another article called “Alcohol” from Teens Health mentions “more alcohol causes greater changes…resulting in intoxication” (Dowshen 1). In other words, drinking too much alcohol can cause someone to lose control of their behavior because of the brain being intoxicated or poisoned from the alcohol. Furthermore, Lifeline states in the article “Substance Abuse & Addiction” that “Losing control of your substance use [is] being dependent or unable to stop even if you want or try to” (“Substance Abuse & Addiction” 2). It can be very challenging to quit an addiction because of loss of control. In fact, …show more content…
A statistic from National Institute on Drug Abuse stated “Three percent of 12−17 year olds, 22% of 18−25 year olds, and 12% of those 26 or older drove under the influence of illicit drugs or alcohol in the past year” (“Drugged Driving” 3). People in the ages of eighteen to twenty-five have the highest percentage on driving under the use of drugs or alcohol which is not convenient because those people can crash and eventually, cause injuries to others. An article from Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention stated that “legal problems, such as arrest for driving or physically hurting someone while drunk” (“Fact Sheets - Underage Drinking” 1) are consequences with the law for drinking alcohol. Alcohol is a serious problem as well as drugs because those who are enslaved to them tend to have serious legal complications. In addition, “More than half of Americans who are arrested test positive for illegal drugs” (“Legal Problems & Drug Abuse” 1) and “an estimated 25 to 60 percent of acts of domestic violence are committed by men with drug or alcohol problems” (“Legal Problems & Drug Abuse” 2). Certainly, those facts are not good news, though is true because people are drinking and driving or drugged and driving, neither one of them is pleasing, since they are risking their lives and
Substance abuse is an addictive and harmful substance that affects someone’s actions, and/or loss of control. People who are experiencing an addiction on either alcohol or drugs are not the only ones who are suffering because those who surround them, also get affected in serious circumstances. Therefore, substance abuse can become a burden in life. Three most common issues that individuals face from an addiction, are loss of control/behavior, health problems, and law issues. Those people who are encountering chemical abuse may say that they are fine and that their lives are not poorly being affected, though they are wrong because their lives are really in danger and, therefore causes future difficulties. …show more content…
Individuals want to keep taking drugs or drinking alcohol without knowing that they are hurting themselves. It is stated in the article “Drug Abuse and Addiction” from HelpGuide that “changes in your brain interfere with your ability to think clearly, exercise good judgment, control your behavior, and feel normal without drugs” (Robinson, Smith, and Saisan 1). The authors mean that when individuals are taking drugs or drinking alcohol and the substance goes to the system and into the brain, it tends to change their way of thinking and instead makes them do unfortunate decisions. The unpleasant behavior caused, can be difficult for others to accept. In addition, another article called “Alcohol” from Teens Health mentions “more alcohol causes greater changes…resulting in intoxication” (Dowshen 1). In other words, drinking too much alcohol can cause someone to lose control of their behavior because of the brain being intoxicated or poisoned from the alcohol. Furthermore, Lifeline states in the article “Substance Abuse & Addiction” that “Losing control of your substance use [is] being dependent or unable to stop even if you want or try to” (“Substance Abuse & Addiction” 2). It can be very challenging to quit an addiction because of loss of control. In fact, …show more content…
A statistic from National Institute on Drug Abuse stated “Three percent of 12−17 year olds, 22% of 18−25 year olds, and 12% of those 26 or older drove under the influence of illicit drugs or alcohol in the past year” (“Drugged Driving” 3). People in the ages of eighteen to twenty-five have the highest percentage on driving under the use of drugs or alcohol which is not convenient because those people can crash and eventually, cause injuries to others. An article from Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention stated that “legal problems, such as arrest for driving or physically hurting someone while drunk” (“Fact Sheets - Underage Drinking” 1) are consequences with the law for drinking alcohol. Alcohol is a serious problem as well as drugs because those who are enslaved to them tend to have serious legal complications. In addition, “More than half of Americans who are arrested test positive for illegal drugs” (“Legal Problems & Drug Abuse” 1) and “an estimated 25 to 60 percent of acts of domestic violence are committed by men with drug or alcohol problems” (“Legal Problems & Drug Abuse” 2). Certainly, those facts are not good news, though is true because people are drinking and driving or drugged and driving, neither one of them is pleasing, since they are risking their lives and