Sexual addiction

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…

Close Encounters with Addiction 2008 was published by Knopf Canada. He has worked for twelve years in the Eastside of Vancouver with patients suffering from addiction, mental illnesses, and HIV. He is also a renowned speaker and a bestselling author. He has received the Hubert Evans Prize for Literary Non-Fiction and the 2012 Martin Luther King Humanitarian Award for his work (Mate, 2017). In Hungry Ghosts, Mate's focus is on removing the stigmatization attached to drugs, addiction and the…

of alcohol in our personal lives, families, business decision making and over all ethical logic. These are the issues that I will address in this paper. My family and I have also dealt with the effects of having our loved ones undertaken by the addiction of alcohol. Therefore, I know on first-hand the damage it can do to families and careers. According to the World Health Organization: The harmful use of alcohol is one of the world’s leading health risks. The WHO determines that alcohol…

disorder (BPD) Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Depression Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Panic Anxiety Disorder Eating Disorders (including anorexia and bulimia) Schizophrenia Most drug addictions are: Cocaine addiction Heroin addiction Crystal meth addiction Prescription drug addictions (OxyContin, Vicodin, etc.) Marijuana…

Unfortunately, addiction falls within that category. Whether it is smoking cigarettes, or chewing tobacco, most teenage addictions became major problems in adult life. Social media addiction is as real as cigarette addiction. According to Eliene Augenbraun of CBS News, nearly 13% of Americans are experiencing some form of social media addiction. They either feel they are not receiving enough of it, or they are overcome with an urge to engage in their addiction. Recent brain imaging studies…

continue to worsen. “San Francisco police sergeant John Murphy said in July that buying heroin in this city is as easy as buying a pack of cigarettes” (Bernstein 1999). With that much access to harsh drugs it is easy and many people fall into deadly addictions with heroin. In 1999, Chelala said “the easy accessibility of heroin in Burma has led to its growing use in the country. Especially the intravenous use of the drug and its contributing to a dramatic increase in HIV infection”. Most often…

emotional to psychological consequences. A majority of substance abusers are unaware of the different effects their personal choices and behaviors has on other people, specifically on their close allies (neighbors, friends) and the family members. Drug addiction in the family…

seeking of pleasure is reflected on the problem of drug addiction. According to "DrugFacts-Nationwide Trends”, illicit drug use in the United States has been increasing; “in 2013, an estimated 24.6 million Americans aged 12 or older—9.4 percent of the population—had used an illicit drug in the past month.” This number has increased from 8.3 percent in 2002 and on this current trajectory, it will only continue to increase. Although drug addiction is a common example of the heinous consequences…

Introduction Ralphe Di Clemente (2009) defines risk taking behaviour as engaging in activities that may have harmful consequences. These behaviours may include smoking, alcoholism, taking other drugs and engaging in sexual activities. There are a number of factors that can lead to these activities and a number of long term consequences as a result. Brown (2011) established the four tasks of adolescence: 1: to stand out by developing identity, 2: to fit in by creating affiliations with peers,…

stresses that addiction is a disease, and one should abstain from any use of a substance. However, as mentioned on the website this model does have it’s drawbacks if one experiences a relapse, “Unfortunately, if an individual violates this ultimatum they may attribute their failure to a weakness in their will power, and then quickly return to their previous patterns of drinking” (McGrawHill Higher Education, 2007, Treatment Strategy). In contrast, the harm-reduction model focuses on addiction as…