Monique Price: A Narrative Analysis

22, she then had four siblings left. Her parents preferred boys over girls, so she tried to

    Sissy was fourteen and married when she first became pregnant and from then on conceived stillborn infants. “According to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, teenage mothers are more likely than adult women to develop complications in pregnancy, and their child is more likely to have a low birth weight

Nonetheless, Britney failed to notice a ton of things for example, not being consented to accomplish the psychosexual stages as she thereon had attained a fear of being judged as peculiar in the public eye, for the reason that she was so alert on her job and albeit she didn't recognize at the moment, it had affected her in ways and that's where her regression and sexual needs burst out akin to a balloon over-flooded with water. Britney's starting off point was only just the beginning of her future tribulations. As she began to get older, Disney, as they at all times did, dropped her from the show, only giving her a chance to move on to bigger and better things. Britney's Number one billboard topper, "Oops I Did It Again" went international rapidly, permitting her to become a public phenomenon. At the naïve age of seventeen, not only did she turn into a renowned pop singer, but an enormous sex symbol as she wore very tight, bare clothing and was advertising her sexuality, constantly. It wasn't pending a bit after in her career did the press commence in noticing the unsteadiness behind the pop princess. During the years, Britney has showed signs of a great deal of impulsive behavior, which would provide evidence for this allegation. In January 2004, for example Britney married Jason Alexander, a childhood acquaintance, while on a trip

By age 10, Wuornos and her brother began experimenting sexually with each other and by 14, she was pregnant and initially claimed her brother was the father but would later state that she had been raped by an older man from her neighborhood (Biography.com, 2010). She gave the baby up for adoption and then left home to hitchhike across America to work as a prostitute.

“I could tell you about something that happened when you were a baby. It involves you,

"The temptation, from peer pressure or just plain curiosity gets to be too much and I thought what is one time going to hurt?" 3

"I think it's unfortunate in that the child actually wanted to get the tattoo. It's not like the child was forced to get the tattoo, I think it just comes down to bad parenting."

According to Drugabuse.gov, Drug addiction is defined as a chronic, relapsing brain disease that is characterized by compulsive drug seeking and use, despite harmful consequences. Addiction is viewed as brain disease due to the changes that are going on in the brain due to the usage of the drugs, so it alters the structure and how it regularly functions. However, after reading Maia Szalavitz book, “Unbroken Brain: A Revolutionary new way of understanding addiction (2016)”, she has a unique view of what brain addiction is and her experience with addiction. In her novel, she views addiction as a learning disorder, like in her case it started early on in her as a child learning to be addicted to other things that develop habits of pleasure, reaction that makes up their addiction. Her memoir is her personal experience with addiction with using reputable journals and study to convey her point on what her rollercoaster with addictions has been starting early on in early childhood.

(2) She used various aliases and more than once lied about having children to gain sympathy and money from the potential customers.

She began believing she wasn’t worth as much and began settling for men who just wanted to sleep with her and turned to drinking as ways to ease her pain. As this form of comfort became less effective, she began altering her image to suit her needs and it progressed until even she was trying to convince others of the validity of it.

“It’s agonizing to think about, let alone, bring up as a topic of conversation. I’m not sure how to describe what it’s like to lose a child.”

Addiction typically develops when all six factors follow their natural course. These six elements support what I call the “Addiction Jigsaw Puzzle.”

“I didn't even know I looked like a monster — like I look like a freaking horrible monster. That was not my intention at all.”

In 1960 E.M. Jellinek a scientist, was credited for introducing this controversial and initially popular model of addiction from past research of the late 1930`s and early 1940`s. His findings have received wide acceptance however, the research from which he

There are several theories of addiction. All of them are imperfect. All are partial explanations. It is for this reason that it is important to be aware of and question addiction theories.