Drug Addiction is disease chronic relapsing disorder that affects a person’s brain and behavior and compulsive drug seeking and use despite adverse consequences. Addiction is characterized by when a person have a strong psychological and physical need or urge to use something or do something. Addiction leads to an inability to control the use of an illegal and legal drug medicine. It is a dependence on an activity or substance even if you know that it causes you harm. Addiction of any substance impacts your daily life Activates.
Type of Addiction:
Substance use disorder
- Behavioral Addiction(Non-Substance Use)
- Substance use disorder
Substance use Drug
- Alcohol
- Nicotine
- Caffeine
- Hallucinogens
- Hypnotizes
- Anxiolytics
- Opioids
- Cocaine
- Tabaco
- Electronic cigarettes
Substance use disorder
Non Substance use is activities
- Gambling
- Eating
- Exercising or dieting
- Shopping
- Shop lifting
- Having sex
- Viewing pornography
- Video gaming
- Using the internet
Symptoms of Addiction
- Inability to stop
- Increased tolerance
- Intense focus on the Substance
- Craving Activities
- Lack of control
- Personal Problem
- Health issues
- Withdraw
- Mental Health condition
- Environmental Factors
- Excessive use of Medicine
- Substance Support group
Addiction
- 4’C, s of Addiction
- Craving
- Compulsion
- Control
- Consequences
Causes of Addiction
- Genetic factors
- Biological Factors
- Early life experiences
- Trauma
- Family interaction
- Parenting style
- Susceptibility to mental health problem
- Levels of supervision
- Peers involvement
- Friend gathering
- Easily availability of substance