Like diabetes cancer and heart disease, addiction is caused
by a combination of behavioral environmental and biological factors. Genetic
risks factors account for about half of the likelihood that an individual will
develop addiction.
How substance use changes the Brain?
Choice does not determine whether something is a disease. Heart disease, diabetes and some forms of cancer involve personal choices like diet; exercise sun exposure etc. a disease is what happens in the body as result of those choices.
Other argue that addiction is not a disease because some people with addiction get better without treatment people with the most serious form of addiction usually need intensive treatment followed by lifelong management of the disease .however some people with severe addiction stop drinking or using drugs without treatment usually after experiencing a serious family social occupational physical or spiritual crisis other achieve sobriety by attending self help meeting without receiving much if any, profession treatment because we do not understand why some people are able to stop on their own or through self help meeting at certain points in their life people with addiction should always seek treatment.
Addiction may be indicated when someone repeatedly uses substances
in physically dangerous situation for instance using alcohol or other drugs
while operating machinery or driving a
car like road railway station.
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The consequences of untreated addiction often include other
physical and mental health disorders that require medical attention if left
untreated over time. Addiction becomes more severe disabling and life
threatening.
How substance use changes the Brain?
People feel pleasure when basic needs such as hunger, thirst
and sex are satisfied. In most cases these feelings of pleasure are caused by
the release of certain chemicals in the brain. Most addictive substances cause
the brain to release high levels of these same chemicals that are associated
with pleasure or reward.
Over time ,continued release of these chemicals causes
changes in the brain systems involved in reward motivation and memory .when
these changes occur a person may need the substance to feel normal. the
individual may also experience intense desires or cravings for the addictive
substance and will continue to use it despite the harmful or dangerous
consequences .the person will also prefer the drug to other healthy pleasures
and may lose interest in normal life activities .in the most chronic from of
the disease addiction can cause a person to stop caring about their own or
other’s well-being or survival
Why is Will Power often not enough?
The initial and early decisions to use substances reflect a
person’s free or conscious choice however , once the brain has been changes by
addiction that choice or will power becomes impaired perhaps the most defining
symptom of addiction is a loss of control over substance use.
Why some people say Addiction is not disease?
Some people think addiction cannot be a disease because it
is caused by the individual’s choice to use drugs or alcohol. While the first
use may be by choice, once the brain has been changed by addiction, most
experts believe that the person loses control of their behavior.
Choice does not determine whether something is a disease. Heart disease, diabetes and some forms of cancer involve personal choices like diet; exercise sun exposure etc. a disease is what happens in the body as result of those choices.
Other argue that addiction is not a disease because some people with addiction get better without treatment people with the most serious form of addiction usually need intensive treatment followed by lifelong management of the disease .however some people with severe addiction stop drinking or using drugs without treatment usually after experiencing a serious family social occupational physical or spiritual crisis other achieve sobriety by attending self help meeting without receiving much if any, profession treatment because we do not understand why some people are able to stop on their own or through self help meeting at certain points in their life people with addiction should always seek treatment.
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