Beliefs and Perspectives about Addiction This information has allowed me to look at the effects of alcohol and drugs from a different point of view. These desires and cravings affect the brain. Van Wormer and Davis (2013) claim that nicotine is the highly addicted. I know a young woman and a young man that smoke and drinks alcohol. I ask them one day why do that continue to smoke, and they both replied that if they wanted to they could stop. It has been two years and they both are still smoking and drinking alcohol. The young man is in AA, but he claims that he does not have an alcohol problem. He smokes about three packs of cigarettes a day. The young woman was taking Chantix, but she is still smoking. She claims that she has a couple
