Stigma against Addiction Essay

Combating Video Game Addiction Games are everywhere, on computers, tablets, and phones. Seventy-two percent of teens play video games(Lenhart). One out of ten teens are addicted to video games, playing about forty hours a week, compared to an average player of eight hours a week(Growing). Signs that teens are gaming addicts are increasing numbers of hours playing, telling lies in order to hide gaming problem, feeling more irritable when confronted, etc(Rauh). These addictions can lead to…

Statistically, everyone in this room has at least one social media account. They have become a part of most of our every day lives, at this point. If we all have them, could they really be that bad? The answer is yes… and no. When it comes to social media, it is all about the way we use it. When used as a device for connection with old friends or family members across the world, an opportunity for networking with the next potential employer, or a source of light-hearted entertainment, it is…

In season 11, episode 13, of “Intervention,” the addictions of Terry and Leon are discussed. Terry and Leon both suffered from severe, but very different, addictions. The show took the time to discuss all the factors of each of their addictions in order to thoroughly show the causes and effects of addiction. The first addict in the episode was Terry, a woman suffering from alcoholism. At the time of the episode, Terry had been an alcoholic for 6 years, drinking a gallon of vodka a day. Binge…

Managing a client involves many things. It includes taking care of his/her needs- not only financial, but also emotional. You have to be that person, he not only has to go to, but also “wants” to go to. You have to work hard to cultivate a relationship with your parolee client, so that he turns to you for all his problems, enabling you to effectively carry out your duty that is help overcome problems that might lead to the client “re-offending” To manage a client from a holistic perspective, you…

However, we have the options to explore a looming non-invasive procedure which might offer serendipity in the realm of gambling addiction therapy. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation is a potential intervention which stimulates the neurons through magnetic pulses that modulate the excitability of neurons (Benali et al., 2011; Tan et al., 2013). rTMS has been studied in the…

The issue of who’s at fault between Sunny and his older brother is one that cannot simply be answered by pointing figures. Addiction is a disease that causes psychological and physical harm not only to the addicted person but also to their loved ones. Dictionary.com defines addiction as, “…the state of being enslaved to a habit or practice or to something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming…” The vital word in this definition is ENSLAVED. When one is enslaved does one…

From 1993 to 2002, an estimated 501 under-aged drinkers (aged 14–17yrs) died from alcohol-attributable injury and disease caused by risky/high risk drinking in Australia. In 2005 it was found that one in ten people between the age of 12 and 17 admitted to binge drinking, or drinking unsafe amounts of alcohol. From the ages between 16 and 17 the figure increased to one in five people. Teenage males are three and a half times more likely than females to die from alcohol-attributable injury. The…

Is the beloved Queen B actually a manipulative tyrant? Critics of Beyoncé’s Pepsi advertisement argue that she has no business selling the sugary beverage because of its confliction with her “Let’s Move!” campaign and her influence over children as a celebrity. According to the article Is It OK for Beyoncé to Sell Soda, “sugary beverages, particularly soda, are making Americans sick” and “these drinks have been linked to weight gain and obesity.” Therefore, by being in the Pepsi commercial,…

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Spotting a toxic person and dealing with them You know, how sometimes we just can’t remember the right word that describes something? We wrack our brains for it and come up with a bunch of similar meaning ones in the process. I tried long and hard to find the word that described a person in my life, and came up with ‘draining’, ‘parasitic’, and a couple of others. Only recently did I finally realize that the adjective I was looking for was ‘toxic’. Just like it is necessary to remove toxins…