Mindless Eating

The negative impact the drugs and alcohol abuse and addiction has on the overall health of the user must be considered. Every process and system in the body is adversely affected by the over-indulgence of drugs and alcohol. Some of the health problems regularly noted include organ damage, kidney and liver disease, organ failure, congestive heart failure, respiratory depression, memory lapses, brain damage, infection, stroke, heart attack, and overdose.

Mindfulness is an incredible skill, it is a practice that is taking the world by storm and helping more and more people live in their present.

Marijuana is a mixture of the dried parts of the cannabis sativa hemp plant. Excessive marijuana use can lead to an addiction. The main chemical in marijuana is tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), which moves quickly through the bloodstream and to the brain, causing mild hallucinogenic effects. THC binds with cannabdnob receptors and activates neurons, which causes adverse effects on the mind and body. THC can mimic or block actions of neurotransmitters and interfere with normal functions. Marijuana use can lead to disturbed thoughts and can worsen psychotic symptoms. The short-term effects of marijuana include impaired coordination; skewed sensory and time perception; difficulty with thinking; shortened attention span and distractibility; impaired learning and memory. Long term users of marijuana often experience lowered motivation and some can experience anxiety, panic attacks, respiratory illness, and increased heart rate and risk of heart attack.

Possibility of addiction is only one of the disadvantages on Marijuana. There are short-term and long-term effects from the use of the drug. The most common short-term effects include paranoia, difficulty with concentration, anxiety, fatigue, and hallucinations. “If you’re not around good people, you will end up having a bad experience and be very paranoid and anxious.” (Daily User One, 2017) This person said that the people you are around and your surroundings in general can also alter how you react to the THC in your system. Other short-term effects that are more dangerous include increased heart rate (which is particularly dangerous to people with heart disease), decreased blood pressure, and damaged blood vessels caused by the smoke. The long-term effects include memory loss, IQ level (due to blood cell lose from smoking), decreased motivation, and ability

It must be noted however, that the physical effects of drug use and the damage that it can cause to the body is occurring with the abuse and misuse of drugs and alcohol regardless of whether or not a person suffers withdrawal symptoms when sober. The health risks related to substance abuse and addiction include memory loss, stress on the organs and systems of the body, organ failure, depressed respiratory function, cancer, stroke, heart attack, cirrhosis of the liver, infection, kidney disease, depression, anxiety, and

Alcohol consumption affects every aspect of the human body, specifically the brain, liver, central nervous system, pancreas, stomach, and increased cancer risks.

In my view I agree with Sandee LaMotte because alcohol does have many types of effects including gaining calories, getting heart disease and cancer, diabetes, loss of memory, and the type of mood your in. More specifically, alcohol can damage your body really horribly. For example, “Alcohol weakens our immune systems, making

Drugs can impair a person's judgement. People are much more likely to make risky decisions while they are under the influence of drugs. For example, a person may have unprotected sex while under the influence of drugs. This can increase the risk of STDs.

Alcoholic drinks can have carbs in them that need to be counted for: not counting them could send sugar numbers soaring, undoubtedly putting them at risk for diabetic ketoacidosis (life threatening). Alcohol affects memory; thus, a type one diabetic could forget to give herself enough insulin to cover the drink; on the other hand, could give herself too much insulin because of cognitive inabilities. They would then become hypoglycemic which is also life threatening. There is also a symptom related to diabetics who use alcohol called the morning after evening hypoglycemia, which shows that insulin will store itself in the body until the alcohol has been metabolized: then begins to work, causing hypoglycemia. There are far too many deadly risk factors when drinking alcohol without

marijuana is no longer the "Devil's Weed" it was once thought to be, its long-term effects

More alcohol causes greater changes in the brain which causes intoxication. Intoxication makes you feel more relaxed and less anixous. Also, makes you agressive and angry and can also cause an hangover, and sometimes when you have a hangoveer you forget about everything you did that night. May loose your coordination, and slur your speech if you consume too much.

This way of drinking has serious side effects, including memory and learning problems, car crashes, alcohol poisoning and even eventual alcohol dependence according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Another one of marijuana’s bad side effect is one that is not preferred by many teens these days, weight gain. There is a chemical in this drug called THC that increases people’s appetites (66). According to Alison Mack, due to this chemical, people can eat up to 3 times as much as normal (Social Awakening 88). Many times people do not realize they are over eating because they are always hungry, therefore making them believe they need food and they are not full. Laziness is also another factor of weight gain from marijuana, says Braude (56). Marijuana causes the body to slow down and relax, therefore not wanting to do much activity at all. Many teens suffer from this laziness and develop very bad habits that they can not kick. Weight gain is a huge cause

The transition into college can be one of the most exciting times in a young adult’s life. They are starting a new chapter in their lives that may have a lasting effect on their future. Many new friendships will be made, along with countless amounts of changes in their life including new habitat, change in income, workload amounts, and

The first key point is that you are not your mind. People should try to remove themselves from their own minds. People’s minds play memories, like videos, of the past and future, and avoid living in the present moment. “Your mind spends most of its time projecting into the future (plans, dreams, fears), or reminiscing about the past (memories, regrets, nostalgia) (Hargrave, 2016, page 17).” People need to stay focused on the present and not get distracted by the memories that keep replaying over and over again. The goal is to retrain the mind.