On why addiction is largely a state of the mind so addicts are more addicted to their addiction, the temporary feeling of pleasure, rather than the drugs...
Addiction is primarily psychological although addiction is defined according to the physiological changes in the body, and addiction continues to be thought about as a social, cultural, genetic and experiential process as well. Addictive behaviour could be explained as any behaviour that gives temporary or short term pleasure and also provides relief from discomfort although there may be long term adverse effects.
Addiction is ordinarily described as dependence on any drug and results from substance abuse. Any drug or alcohol can furnish addiction as can other things such as the internet, gaming, gadgets, chocolates etc. Any way the physical and psychological effects of drugs and alcohol are detrimental and undoubtedly succeed in loss of productivity, retirement and physical dependence and lack of attentiveness and such other conditions. The traditional highlight of addiction is dependence as an personel shows increased psychological and physiological dependence on the substance he is addicted to and without the addictive substance the someone is unable to return to general life.
Dependence on whatever may not be too bad and some whole of collective dependence is thinkable, of us as collective beings. Any way when there is excessive dependence with inability to live without the substance in question, then retirement symptoms succeed and there are physiological changes in the body including pain and in some cases medical attentiveness is required. Addiction is an ultimate dependence and can cause citizen to lose sense of reality as citizen come to be cripple without the substance they are addicted to. Addiction leads to crime and anti-social behaviour as addicts can resort to violent behaviour, to stealing, to murder simply to attain what they want. Addiction to a substance could be separated from wholesome use of the substance such as some whole of alcohol is thought about proper and wholesome in a collective setting but being fully dependent on alcohol to that which amounts to addiction can have adverse collective and personal implications for the individual. Some of the base addictive drugs and substances are opium, alcohol, nicotine and barbiturates. Giving up any addiction, requires drive and this is largely the drive of the mind that aids in stopping any addictive behaviour. Thus if addiction is a disease, the cure of addiction or even its prevention is largely a psychological process suggesting that the 'mind' is responsible for the addiction, the starting of it and also the end of it.
Using addictive substances stimulate and release the pleasure inducing neurotransmitters in the brain and the dependence on this feeling of pleasure leads to more such pleasure seeking behaviour and this can spiral out of control and doesn't remain within the control of the personel who then is fully controlled by his addiction rather than the other way round. retirement or abstinence symptoms of an addictive substance could comprise anxiety, depression, craving, irritability, restlessness or even thoughts of suicide with fatal consequences. Craving, irritability, depression, anxiety are all psychological retirement symptoms of addiction although intimately associated to the physical retirement symptoms. So addiction is largely in the mind and if a someone wants, he or she can overcome this ultimate dependence on an activity or a substance through self control and with good comprehension into his condition.
Why do citizen build addiction?
People who build addiction are more prone to reasoning illnesses as addiction has been associated to mood or affective disorders, to neurotic illnesses and obsessive disorders, to anxiety disorders and many other psychological problems. Addiction is largely akin to obligation or the need to repeat any singular behaviour in an abnormal dependent manner and addiction like obligation is an abnormal dependence. Addicts are obsessed with the substance or objects or activity that they are addicted to and show an abnormal dependence on the substance or activity. Individuals with mood disorders or citizen prone to frequent depression are prone to addiction as any addictive substance or drug or even activity such as sex that gives short term pleasure can cause the addict to return to this activity or substance again and again so that the depression is forgotten for a while. This need for short term pleasure leads to repeated pleasure seeking behaviour and thus creates addiction.
All human beings are necessarily pleasure seekers, we all like to perceive that is good or beautiful or provides a occasion of happiness but addicts are in turn addicted to this pleasure as well. In fact addicts are addicted to the pleasure and not to the drugs, which are simply catalysts to contribute them this pleasure. The drugs and the objects as also the activities that they repeatedly engage in contribute them a solace that they feel they would not find in other options. There are of procedure chemical changes in the body so there are substantive proofs that addicts do get short term pleasure. Thus a drug addict repeated uses drug because it provides a singular form of pleasure that he will not get by say watching films and a sex addict repeatedly seeks sex because the pleasure from sex according to her may not be found in other activities such as travelling or reading. Any way this is only a confidence that the addict has and is not necessarily true. In fact there is a sort of fixation of want, and an obsession with the object of want so an addict repeatedly thinks about this want and convinces himself that without the addictive substance he will not be able to survive. When love becomes an addiction, it can lead to suicide or fatal consequences when the object of desire is not attained.
Addicts are thus obsessed and largely depressed individuals who sometimes use the obsession against the depression or to overcome the depression. They are socially withdrawn although they may apparently have a huge circle of friends with whom they may not be able to chronicle at all levels. Addicts are also susceptible to hint and they are vulnerable to opinions of other people. Strange that it may sound, it is easy to mould or convert addicts and also easy to hypnotize them as they are very impressionable and undoubtedly affected by what citizen and community have to say about them. This weakness of addicts is also their drive as both negative and distinct influences can act equally well on addicts and the right advice would be requisite to show them what is good for them and what is bad.
How is addiction controlled and stopped?
Stopping or overcoming any addiction could be a challenge but as addicts are variable and affected easily, it may be relatively easy to bring them back to general life in case,granted they have the right type of advice and counselling.
One of the strategies that could be used to cure addictive behaviour would be 'diversion', providing alternative substances/activities or shifting their attentiveness or interest into something other than the addictive substance or object. As a Tv addict could be encouraged to build more constructive habits of reading for instance.
'Substitution' would be someone else method and a someone addicted to alcohol could be encouraged to take a drink that tastes like wine but does not comprise alcohol.
'Eradication' or perfect unavailability of the addictive substance or object can moderately lead to forgetting the pleasure giving substance and interests in other activities. The perfect unavailability of a drug, even a sleeping pill can lead to lessening of addiction for that drug and help the addict to build other interests, although this should not be done at once as physiological and psychological symptoms of retirement may result. So if someone is addicted to a definite rehabilitation or pill, the doses could be moderately reduced before fully stopping intake of the drug.
Finally 'suggestion' or counselling to convert behaviour highlighting the bad effects of a drug or an obsessive activity could be efficient at a later stage after retirement from the drug or activity has been attempted as when in need of any substance, addicts lose all sense of reality and may not even want to listen to advice. So, only when their dependence reduces to an extent with the help of the other methods of substitution, eradication or diversion, counselling could help them to show more reasonable and socially responsible behaviour and prevent supplementary conditions of relapse.
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