BROKEN CHAINS 2
BROKEN CHAINS 14
Counselors Professional Identity, Function, Ethics
Running head: BROKEN CHAINS 1
Abstract
To be in bondage or enslaved to anything is a horrible feeling. In the past men where enslaved to people. People owned people to do with as they pleased. In modern days in many ways being enslaved still exists. A person can find themselves enslaved to a career, money, food, drugs, alcohol, sex, pornography to name a view, the list could go on for pages. This paper will cover substance abuse and addictions. This paper will also encompass possible avenues of recovery if chosen by the person who wants to break the chains of bondage in their lives.
Table of Content
Abstract_______________________________________________________________2
Introduction____________________________________________________________4
Defining Addiction______________________________________________________4
The Brain and the body__________________________________________________5
Addictive Substances____________________________________________________7
Causes of Addiction_____________________________________________________8
Healing in Christ_______________________________________________________10
Personal Exhortation___________________________________________________12
Closing_______________________________________________________________13
References____________________________________________________________14
Introduction
Today's world there are a variety of ways to indulge oneself.
There are so many different ways to bring us a happiness that is fleeting. Such activities like shopping, eating, watching television, a drink, one time use of a drug, one view of a pornographic picture would seem to be the norm in today's society yet so many unsuspecting people are finding themselves strangled in the chains of addiction to many of these substances.
The topics of this paper will come to form with a working definition of addiction. Once the definition has been established the tour of addiction will start in the brain. One would wonder as to why some would come to a place of addiction so this paper will outline but a few reasons why adults become addicted to substance and addiction. Substances come in different forms and we will take a brief...