Addiction: Its Causes And Effects
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Why did Gaylon (not her real name) wish she never accepted the
casinos invitation to dinner? This housewife believes if she didn't go she
never would have become addicted to gambling - an addiction that ruined her
life. Gaylon turned to prostitution, drove her recovering husband back
into alcoho ....
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.... called dopamine.
The word addiction comes from two Latin words ad dictum. Ad dictum
means "to the dictator". When people were captured and sent into slavery,
they were sent ad dictum. This idea of enslavement is mirrored by the
addict's need to maintain the addiction (. Before we can understand why
addiction is the number one social and health problem in the United States,
a definition of addiction needs to be established (Experience 12). It is
important to remember no one thing can e ....
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