Dealing With Addiction

Addiction has a way of pulling your attention away from your basic needs and making it harder for you to succeed in life. It's a sad truth that I've seen happen to so many people over the years. These are good people, with good brains and real potential, but addiction takes over and they can only focus on that aspect of their life.

In the 1980’s, Nancy Reagan started the “Just Say No” campaign. This was an attempt to help people avoid the pitfalls of drugs and addiction. Now, imagine if the government started a campaign about drugs that was “Just Say Yes”. Opponents of drug addiction claim that drugs alter brain structures, change thought processes, and causes family issues. However, Aldous Huxley’s book, Brave New World, portrays a more irrational perspective of drugs where addiction is necessary for controlling the population.

Addiction has been an aspect in the family atmosphere for centuries. The majority of treatment options have focused on the addict and how to help them and not dealing with the issues that the family members are facing as well. When families are faced with a loved one dealing with an addiction they go through physical challenges such as possible abuse, social challenges, emotional distress such as depression, and financial hardships. In the article Family Systems Theory: A Unifying Framework For Codependence, Prest and Protinsky quote C. Whitfield “ The compulsive and addictive behavioral patterns in which these people are engaged seriously affect the lives of three to five people with whom they are closely

My view is that addictions develop as a result of biological (nature) and sociocultural (nurture) factors. My view of how change occurs in addicts is also a product of a combination of factors. It is my personal belief that one of the most prominent factors in how change occurs revolves around rapport and the therapeutic alliance. First and foremost, there must be a therapeutic working alliance between the client and the counselor. This is created through rapport building and understanding. It is not something that can be created or developed over night. It is an aspect of counseling that often takes a lot of hard work, careful thought, and concern on the part of the counselor. The client must feel as though they are in a

While quitting an addiction may be difficult, it is possible. Learning how to get sober is the first step in the process. Once someone has committed to their sobriety, they are ready to find a treatment plan and build a support network.

Addiction has been in my life since I could remember. At the age of 4 my father got put in prison for five years because he was addicted to meth. My parents soon divorced after my father got put in the prison system and my mother packed my siblings and I up and moved us to Indiana. Growing up my mother told me my dad was dead and since my father's family was in Alabama I had no way of knowing what the truth was. At the age of 9 my mother got really bad sick and was placed in the hospital and had to have a stint put in her heart. A couple of weeks being in the hospital my mother passed away suddenly due to a drug overdose. A couple of day's after my mother had passed away my grandmother and the rest of my family had started to move things out of my mother's house we found out my mother was addicted to alcohol and painkillers.

Before the confrontation takes place, it is wise to make sure that the individual acknowledges that he or she has a drug problem. Often people tend not knowing they have a problem until another person confronts them regarding the issue. Also, people prefer to take action concerning their addiction, or their addiction is overpowering whereas they are reluctant to fight their addiction. I would think about what I would say to the individual and write it down so that I would not say the wrong words or overlook other vital information. I would perform research on the particular addiction to find out the facts, so during the confrontation, it may strike them as a sense of urgency to quit. Also, I would have solutions in place to assist them if they

Beating an addiction to drugs or alcohol doesn't require special intellect, some unique formula, or heavily guarded secret. There is no miracle cure, magic pill, or expensive medication. On the contrary in fact, because the steps you need to follow are mostly about using common sense.

In order to understand how to treat addiction, it is important to first understand why addiction occurs. Often, there is a misconception on what steps need to be taken to deal with addiction, and what factors increase the propensity of addiction in the first place. The different models of addiction aim to clarify and justify reasons why addiction occurs both physiologically and psychologically, as well as provide plausible solutions to stop addiction. Although the models all contain differing view on why addiction occurs, and tenets and tactics on how to effectively deal with addiction, it is important to understand that any type of addiction can be harmful and dangerous.

My present knowledge of addiction comes from lectures, watching a documentary film, and movies as personally I have not experienced or developed an addiction besides coffee intake that I have in regular basis; however, I have more knowledge about alcohol consumption.

Have you ever experienced love? Do you remember the way that it made you feel inside? Some of us could answer swiftly with a yes and recall that person with feelings of warmth overtaking our body. This is exactly how an addict feels about their substance or behavior of choice. It is their best friend, their confidant, their lover. They are in a relationship with their addiction. Now, have you ever experienced a loss from love? When an individual begins the process of recovery they experience grief relating to the loss from the broken relationship with their addiction. This also includes the loss of the culture and the human relationships surrounding the addiction cycle, but with the help of a licensed professional they may begin the process of letting go of the relationship with their addiction.

“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars” (Chapin). Everyone has a story of struggle and often times it is heart-wrenching and not glamorous. Some past stories are ridden with abuse or neglect, struggle in physical ailments, and others with addiction. Addiction is absurd—it is a way of satisfying ourselves with every desire that ultimately strips us of the ability to function. The addict’s drug is subjective: alcohol, money, sex, controlled substances, food, or love, along with many others. Many people who struggle with the disease have difficulty uncovering the hidden wisdom of addiction. Doing so requires the daunting and often dangerous task of understanding where the problem came from, leading to a series of terror and anger of knowing that the drug can never be used again. For some, addiction is the sign that loudly screams that we need to find healing and take better care of ourselves. Recovery from addiction is far from easy; however, it does not and should not be done alone. When we realize that there is wisdom in the pain, it offers us a new perspective in which we can relate to others where it is near impossible to be lonely. We are a camaraderie who depend on others and organizations for support and survival. We help one another: we share bitter coffee and cigarettes, trade stories of how we ended up where we are, and offer support to conquer our disease together. Being a part of this damaged

Addiction can revolve around a plethora of things, such as substances, drugs, pleasure seeking behaviors, cravings, etc. Addictions for many can disrupt many aspects of life due to the mere continuous and compulsive nature of an addiction. Addictions are almost always troublesome, and are often compatible with certain methods, that can help a person with their addiction. These methods can range from self evaluation, to therapeutic assistance. Each of these methods focus on certain aspects of an addiction. For example rehabilitation focuses on all aspects of an addiction and attempts to take on the problem head on. While another method of helping an addiction such as self-evaluation focuses more so on a person’s goals, objectives, future, and

Addiction can come in many forms, and be influenced by many different factors. The cause and influence for one’s addiction is never the same as any other person; however, some cases may have similar points that they touch on. No matter what the cause is of an individual’s substance usage or addiction, we can always refer to several different models that describe the etiology of addiction, and utilize the one that best fits the start, severity, and course of an individual’s addiction. The models that will be addressed, when it comes to the etiology of addiction, are: Agent Models, Personal Responsibility Models, Dispositional Models, Sociocultural Models, and the Public Health Perspective Models.

Drug addiction is one of society 's biggest problems and it is rampant among teenagers and young adults and one of the most abused drugs is marijuana. Cannabis sativa or marijuana usually grows throughout tropical and temperate climates and then plant 's stems, leaves, flowers, and seeds are then dried. What attracts to most users is the mind altering effect these parts produce which is addictive to some extent. It is usually smoked as cigarette, or in a pipe. It is also smoked in blunts, in which cigars will be emptied of tobacco and refill with marijuana or sometimes it is combined with another drug. It can also be brewed as tea or mixed in food. Hashis is a more concentrated, resinous form which is sticky black liquid, hash oil. The