Sexual addiction

Gambling and your health If you or a loved one has a gambling problem, you can probably understand the title of the article. Left untreated, a severe gambling habit or severe gambling addiction can create tremendous pain for the gambler or the family of the gambler. What happens when this addiction goes untreated? Do things stay the same for the gambler, or does it get worse? Research has shown that things actually get worse for the gambler. Every aspect of life can start spiraling downward in…

Motivated clients enter treatment because they want to change their lives. They have acknowledged that their lives are unmanageable and are looking to recover. By entering treatment they are seeking professional assistance to help them overcome their addiction and get their lives back on track. On the other hand, unmotivated clients may not necessarily be in denial about their problems, but quite frankly do not care about change,…

Introduction: Over the years, the amount of people died from drug overdoses increased in the United States. Also, “in 2009 drug-induced deaths overtook traffic accidents as the number one external cause of death, with 39,147 deaths” (Swensen, 2014). Substance abuse including alcohol and drugs is linked to different negative social conditions, such as family disruptions, financial issues, school failure, decrease or lost in productivity, crime, child abuse, and domestic violence. In addition,…

pressure of the user. These defects in the normality of the body give in return an increase in athletic performance, decrease in fatigue, and increased energy. As these are all beneficial to the user, the problem then remains in the physical and mental addiction of the drug. Higher doses that become soon sought after cause harmful results. Aggressive behavior begins to take place as the person suffers from paranoia, depression, and irritability. This bizarre behavior brings out anxiety and…

commonly challenged book that educates young adults on the effects of drug abuse. Because Go Ask Alice does involve drugs, alcohol, and sexual content, it should be banned for specific age groups. It is also based off the diary of one of Beatrice Sparks’ troubled teenage patients. Go Ask Alice follows the life of a common teenage girl and her struggle with addiction and mental diseases. Therefore, it is a very educational book for teens for teens to learn the reality of drugs. Go Ask Alice…

The questions that materialize in relation to addictive behaviors’ and their relation or non-relation to other addictive behaviors’ has long been debated and discussed. In a study published in The Scandinavian Journal of Psychology this same debate was examined. The article, Do Men with Excessive Alcohol Consumption and Social Stability Have an Addictive Personality?, Provides the reader with data that confirms whether or not men that drink excessively have addictive personalities. In the…

Han and Renshaw (2011) came to the conclusion that some games can be more addictive than other. They compared gaming addictions to those with other addictions such as drug addiction. People who have addictions have some type of dysfunctions in five domains which include academic, social, occupational, developmental and behavioral. Also, those who are said to have gaming addictions showed that their daily routines were interrupted because of game play. They would not have nutritious meals and…

Internet can be used for education, online shopping, paying bills, and many more things. Consequently, people are becoming addicted to the internet, which can have a serious impact on a person mentality and physically if used in excess. Internet addiction is very common among teenagers and children. People who are addicted to the internet struggle to interact face to face with others. However, excessive internet usage will lead to…

clicking a keyboard key. Technology is helping the world obtain a better and more comfortable lifestyle by adding faster communication. However, the over dependency on technology causes addiction, isolation and false sense of reality. To start, addiction is one of the most common results of the over use of technology. Addiction is causing a high rate of new health problems such as depression, obesity, and the loss of vision. In Fact, Agarwal…

Article critique: The impression this story creates is that of U.S. students are suffering from Internet addiction and are going through delirium tremens when they do not receive their daily fix. Here is an example of a story that has the potential to be seriously misleading. Nonetheless, it appeared in Reuters, the story remains more characteristic of a tabloid piece. Moreover, it has been edited to where the story and study are reporting on two different conclusions, the story is more about…