Bondage

Essay by family629University, Master'sA, October 2014

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BROKEN CHAINS 2

BROKEN CHAINS 14

Broken Chains

Elliot Sanchez

Liberty University

Counselors Professional Identity, Function, Ethics

COUN 501

Dr. Stanley McCreary

July 30, 2013

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...