Addiction Essay

An addiction can be defined as something that the individual is unable to control and generally however, it diffentiates from a habit when it becomes harmful due to damaging psychological and/or physical effects (Medical News Today, n.d.). Individuals can become addicted to various different things, however the purpose of this essay is to look specifically at alcohol, drug use and gambling addictions within New Zealand society. One in every five people in New Zealand above the age of 15 is…

The documentary follows the workers of an emergency addiction hotline. Each worker spoke about why they chose his career. Most people who call are dealing with some form of extreme addiction. For example, one call was from someone with schizophrenia who was also addicted to cocaine and molly. From listening to them speak, it is amazing to hear how much they care about every single caller wether it be the addict or even a family member. One worker said that it didn't matter what they had to do as…

those with a cocaine addiction or those that continuously relapse due to a former addiction. The Neural Mechanisms of Cocaine Addiction, Cocaine Cues, and Psychotherapy will be discussed. [National Institute on Drug Abuse, 2015] Table 1: shows those in their late teens and early twenties have the highest rate of illicit drug use. Table 2: shows the rate of illicit drug in the United States among those in their fifties and sixties. Neural Mechanisms of Cocaine Addiction When Cocaine is…

Addiction can take control and destroys will it destroy you ? Addiction is when you are dependent on something , would do anything for it , love it , always using it , and letting it separate you from those you love . some people say that addiction is just drugs or pornography but there is so much more . Some say there is no such thing as too much of something good or bad (addiction) . They are wrong Addiction can ruin and change someone's life ,because addiction can kill , And addiction will…

People often make the mistake of thinking that the addiction recovery process ends when the client completes the rehabilitation treatment program either from an in-patient or out-patient treatment Centre. Fact is addiction recovery is a difficult lifelong process and continued support, contact, and monitoring of the client during this stage is very crucial. (‘substance abuse Aftercare manual’ , 2015) therefore the purpose of this qualitative research method study is to establish how clients…

“Addiction”. The word itself conjures up images of alcoholics, bums, and overdose deaths. Defined by Psychology Today as “the condition that results when a person engages in an activity that at first is pleasurable, but the continued use of it becomes compulsive and/or harmful.”1 One can be addicted to something physical (e.g. Drugs, Alcohol, etc.), or even an activity (Sex, Gambling, etc.). There are two different types of addictions that can potentially form: psychological, and physiological…

There are stereotypical misconceptions commonly associated with food addictions. An individual’s first thought when hearing, “they have a food addiction,” is often, “they are obese, they are lazy, and they are incapable of making lifestyle changes.” People ignore the fact that there are other contributing factors that can cause food addictions. The most addicting foods, or “the holy trinity” (Moss, as cited in Crowe, 2014), are those high in salt, fat, and sugar; generally, they are the…

The addiction to a type of substance is the excessively use or intake of that particular substance by an individual. Though not many would bother to learn about addiction but addiction is a commonly daily issue for many individuals. Food, for instance, has been an addiction for many years, however, no one has clearly identify the consequences or dangers surrounding the issue of food addiction. Nevertheless, food addiction can create health issues that can affect the body. There are many…

Phobias and Addictions Aubrey Sutton Brigham City Phobias and Addictions Classical conditioning may affect how phobias can develop, phobias are irrational fears. As well as operant conditioning may affect how addictions can develop, addictions are dependency on something that cannot be stopped. Classical and operant conditioning are both learning styles, but they differ and results can be achieved in both. Extinction is the gradual weakening of a conditioned response that will result…

When thinking of the word addiction you often relate it to drugs alcohol or tobacco but sometimes other things have the same addictive aspect. Activities such as shopping, internet, food, exercise are known as a behavioral addiction. Behavior addictions include salience, conflicts, mood modification, tolerance, withdrawal symptoms and .loss of control(Brown,1997). Exercise is mostly known to be a positive addiction because physical activity is known to be beneficial. There is however harmful…