Alcohol dependence

According to Johann Hari on his talk in TEDx, addiction is caused by isolation. To come up with his conclusion, he met with different people from different parts of the world and shared an experiment done by Professor Bruce Alexander. In his experiment, he put a rat in a cage with two water bottles, one of which had drugs. The rat chose the one with drugs, but Professor Alexander realized that the cage was empty and this could have affected the results. When he included other aspects in the cage…

is when your body state and a person cannot discontinue the use of the substance, without damage to one’s health or physical condition. The concept of addiction was transferred to a psychological dependence on some materials or immaterial things. Addiction can be anything in general, it could be alcohol or drugs, TV, news, cleaning, shopping and so much more, but for now this paper will be focusing on a few of them as already mention above. If people are unable to find the source of their…

genetics to me. “Even though, I had it all, I still needed my fix; Alcohol”. It didn’t matter what I was destroying, it didn’t matter who I pissed off, and it didn’t matter what others thought of me, I felt good. One of the reason why feeling good takes priority over everything the…

When one who uses alcohol frequently becomes addicted to having alcohol in his or her system. Having a twenty year progression in alcohol use means that the person is dependent and have inherited a tolerance to alcohol use. However, there is something that could be done to help with alcohol dependence. A treatment plan or counseling can definitely help approach alcohol dependence and help the client as long as he or she remains focused on the treatment and he or she is determined to give up the…

or mental desire to consume alcohol beyond their capacity to control it (O’Connor, 2011). Alcoholism is the illness alcoholics suffer from. There are two different types of drinking problems, alcoholism being one and alcohol abuse being the other. Alcoholism is when an individual’s excessive drinking causes serious problems in their life, yet they keep drinking. They may also have a physical dependence on alcohol. This means that an individual needs more and more alcohol to feel drunk. Stopping…

Alcoholism has been perceived to have a psychological dependence with signs of both having a tolerance and to withdrawing from a lack of the substance. Having a tolerance to alcohol usually results in the person taking more doses each time they drink to achieve the same effects they experienced the last time and when a person with a high tolerance stops consuming alcohol they are prone to withdrawal symptoms which can include an increased heart rate, anxiety, and hypertension (Passer, Smith,…

because they are legal. Drugs such as an alcohol, tobacco and opioid pills are legal and those are the type of drugs that people use and abuse and develop an addiction. Since marijuana is illegal, more people fall into a category of having some sort of "drug dependence" for using it. Not because of what they are addicted, but the criminal justice law enforces it (Marijuana: The Facts). Most people at this time are focusing on marijuana and less on alcohol and cigarettes as being addictive.…

we use every day. Alcohol and tobacco are the most harmful substances that are legal. They are a lot more that are more dangerous than weed, so why is something more dangerous to…

withdrawal,” and “substance dependence.” Substance intoxication takes place when one is under the influence of a substance and is experiencing mood and behavior altering affects. Substance withdrawal is when one is experiencing an uncomfortable occurrence that results when one is not taking a substance. Substance dependence occurs when a substance is consuming one’s life. Faces Interactive gives a very precise definition of what happens, “… a diagnosis of ‘substance dependence’ refers to…

While not everyone agrees on what constitutes an addiction, in general it is recognized that an addiction can be to any substance (for example alcohol, amphetamines, cocaine, nicotine, opioids, sedatives, hallucinogens, inhalants, cannabis, phencyclidine, caffeine, and a wide variety of other substances), which, when ingested, cross the blood-brain barrier and alter the natural chemical behavior of the brain. It is also accepted that addiction includes dependency on "things" as well as…