Essays Tagged: "addict"
'Speed' Methylamphetamine
) is a drug that I totally despise. I was in shock because I did not realize how many students were addicts to this drug. I have always known what this drug does to people because I know someone that ... his drug does to people because I know someone that is addict to speed. The drug is one of the most addicting drugs out there and I hope the information I have researched on can make you never think t ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol
Violence in television
watches TV.When the television was first introduced, critics claimed that it would be mind numbing, addictive, and utterly passive. These critics were describing the stereotypical TV watcher, the Addi ... b tube, and can often be described as intellectually empty, especially while he is watching TV. The Addict lives hand to mouth from the potato chip bag. He is lazy and will often go for hours without ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies > The Media
Beowulf and Grendel --- Good and Evil
for fame and glory; not to protect those people threatened by these foul creatures. He is a killing addict that is constantly on a quest for a new "fix". He must do this to achieve his ultimate goal. ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry
How Bad Television is for a person.
't want you to know about television" written by an orthodox Rabbi who says, "If a person is a T.V. addict, one who sits down for at least 5 or more hours a day in front a T.V., may very well be obese ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies
Illegal Drug Use Contributes to an Increase in Crime and Violence.
th drug use, and there are various reasons for this conclusion.Firstly, illegal drugs are extremely addictive, and once addicted, the consumer is crazily dependent upon the substance. More often than ... , and once addicted, the consumer is crazily dependent upon the substance. More often than not, the addict is not financially capable of supporting a drug habit. With him having to obtain these drugs ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol
Drug abuse and addiction.
Drug addiction has become a very destructive element in our society. So when does the social use of a dru ... sed moderately or abused. Almost no one ever starts using with the intentions of becoming 'hooked'. Addiction may be defined as the continuing, compulsive nature of a drug despite physical and/or psyc ... sive nature of a drug despite physical and/or psychological harm to the user and those around them. Addictive drugs are basically pain killers, they chemically kill physical or emotional pain and alte ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol
Thomas DeQuincey's book "Confessions of an English Opium eater" .
Diary of an AddictThomas De Quincey's, "Confessions of an English Opium-Eater" is a brief history of the authors ... life in early nineteenth century England. Furthermore De Quincey's descriptions of the pains of an addiction are something that can be appreciated even today. However, this book would not be recommen ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
Drugs Deteriorates Civilized Society
versary to heavily injure a civilized society. This will be true because prohibited drugs cause the addict to become ignorant and eventually cause harm to others. The consumer begins to damage the soc ... continues to deteriorate from the use of illegal drugs because it, usually, ruins the future of the addicts. The injured future of these consumers will ultimately corrupt the future of the society. Ci ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol
Finding A Way Out. A cause and effect paper on the disease of addiction...
Cunning, Baffling and Incurable; An addict,Where can they go? What choices do they have?What does it take to get off the tracks on aone- ... they have?What does it take to get off the tracks on aone-way ride to no where?The disease of drug addiction reflects so many aspects of ones life in negative ways. Unless addressed in a rigorous pro ... and abuse of drugs. From the causes of, to the effects brought forth, there is a way out of active addiction.The disease of addiction can be brought on from many different circumstances in life. Form ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol
Addiction project. Cocaine. Interview with ex cocaine addict included!!!
What is addiction?Addiction: 1. drug dependence: a state of physiological or psychological dependence on a d ... d altering substances , for an absolute minimum of one year, then you are a mind altering substance addict! No exceptions!! And excuses like "Oh, I am not an addict, I just like to .... Because it hel ... ximately 75%) of the coca was grown in Colombia, then Peru and then Bolivia.Cocaine is a powerfully addictive drug of abuse. . "Crack" is the street name given to cocaine. Once having tried cocaine, a ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology
Movie review (Hard Ball)
and that keeps it from being a complete waste of time.Keanu Reeves plays Conor O'Neill, a gambling addict who is up to his neck in debt and desperate for a way out. A high-roller friend of his (Mike ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Germany
. Hitler and his Gestapo want to kill all Jews. There for we have to hide. My hiding place is in an addict. On the bottom floor is a bakery were we get food from. From 8am in the morning to 6pm ... ng. Mr. and Mrs. Frank and their Daughter Anne, and my mother and father, Margot. Are living in the addict with me. We have to rash in our food supply. Mr. Kraler is providing our food and hidi ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Addiction
This essay will tackle a serious issue dealing with the psychological disorder known as addiction. Having an addiction is an amazing phenomenon, in many cases it cuts people off into their ... ing phenomenon, in many cases it cuts people off into their own world separating them from reality. Addiction can even lead to a person completely changing their personality (also physically in some c ... physically in some cases) in a matter of months, alienating loved ones they've known for years. An Addiction is defined to be an uncontrollable compulsion to repeat a behavior regardless of its negat ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology
A subjective comparison between Wolfgang Mozart to dictator Ferdinand Marcos of the Philippines
er, was only human and he had a lot of flaws under his belt. He was a womanizer, a drunkard, and an addict. He had the potential to exceed his own abilities but his flaws got the best of him.He failed ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays
Understanding the way an addict thinks.... Why they need the excessive amounts of drugs/alcohol all the time...
Understanding how an addict thinks and what addiction really is, will explain why most addicts can not quit merely on wil ... cope with their emotions. All of these scenarios are prime examples why we have to study psychology.Addiction is a disease, which effects the brain. Misused drugs disrupt the process of the message tr ... at look like something else fools the brain. As a result drugs take over the person and they become addicted. The addictive behavior is due to the fact that drugs will change a person. The need for th ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs
True Addicts
ch day. Waving my finger at him in passing, I reflected on hissurprising outrage at being called an addict by one of our mutual acquaintances. A smoker myself for twenty years before giving up cigaret ... smoker myself for twenty years before giving up cigarettes, I certainly consider cigarette smokers addicts.Only an addict would go to such extraordinary lengths to obtain the source of his addiction. ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing
Family System
can play one or more roles in the family.For example, its starts with the father and mother, or the addict and the enabler. The addict, usually the father, is addictided to a substance. Lets say this ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology
Addictions-Recovery and the steps to get there
Having an addiction, whether it is to alcohol, drugs, gambling, or even food, can cause physiological or psych ... ce is when a person depends on the feeling received from a drug, which involves denial, or that the addict does not admit or realize that they are in trouble with drug abuse or alcoholism, and they th ... y think they can control the use of drugs and alcohol without harm, but they cannot. The process of addiction has many gradual changes: they first use it and like the feeling, so occasionally use it i ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology
Online Casinos
Online gambling should be made completely illegal or be more rigidly controlled because it promotes addiction, presents great potential for criminal abuse, and has become a growing problem on college ... iminal abuse, and has become a growing problem on college campuses.Compulsive gambling is a serious addiction that affects many people. While it may seem abrasive to consider it a serious disease, one ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues
Essay about how discrimination affects entire families with reference to the novel, "What's Eating Gilbert Grape"
Food addictions leading to obesity produce shame, embarrassment and devastation for entire families, as w ... ity produce shame, embarrassment and devastation for entire families, as well as for the individual addict. This is clearly exemplified in the novel, What's Eating Gilbert Grape. In this novel, Gilber ... ed and she was depressed because she ate. This cycle is difficult to break because eating can be an addiction. If you try to stop, you feel like you need it more. A person can be caught in this cycle ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American