All human beings are motivated to satisfy their natural instincts in order to feel secure and comfortable. Most pursue well-established goals, such as relationships, successful careers, having children in order to feel happy and safe in their lives. However, some people learn different shorter-term ways of coping, such as drug use and other addictions, which leads to their distorted understanding of motivation, reward and punishment. Szalavits (2016) argues in “Can you Get Over an Addiction?” that the traditional views on addiction of either a chronic disease or a moral defect are flawed and that these behaviors are a result of repeatedly reinforcing skewed reward objects. This view of an addiction as a learning disability has invaluable implications not only for the treatment of drug users, but also for understanding how we as a society play a role in getting people addicted to drugs and other destructive behaviors. Both Childress (2016) in “Veterans Face Greater Risks Amid Opioid Crisis” and Lawrence (2014) in “A Growing Number of Veterans Struggle to Quit Powerful Painkillers” show how the VA taking shortcuts in the pain management for soldiers is teaching these veterans addiction – an inappropriate coping mechanism.
Different social groups struggle from drug addiction. Childress (2016), addresses the hidden addiction problem that U.S. Army veterans face and cites that nearly seventy thousands veterans suffer from opioid-use disorders. Childress points out that soldiers are well supplied with opioid medications during and after their military deployments, often with little dosage control. According to Lawrence’s article (2014) “The troops, if they got hurt they’d just shove you a bag of pills.” (para. 13). Thus they return back to their homes addicted and have little options for successful recovery. Lawrence (2014) highlights a specific case of a veteran addicted to painkillers. He confirms that soldiers in pain get unlimited access to high-addictive medications, which has led to an opiate epidemic in our society. Luckily the VA is recently starting to explore other ways to deal with pain management such as yoga and physical therapy instead of relying on pills for everything. Although this is a positive dynamic it is important to remember that it is our own pills for everything approach that contributed to the veteran addiction problem to begin with.
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All human beings are motivated to satisfy their natural instincts in order to feel secure and comfortable. I LIKE THIS AS A GENERAL INTRO SENTENCE.
Most pursue well-established goals, such as relationships, successful careers, having children in order to feel happy and safe in their lives. However, some people learn different shorter-term ways of coping, such as drug use and other addictions, which leads to their distorted understanding of motivation, reward and punishment. WONDERFUL TRANSITION FROM GENERAL SATISFACTION TO DRUGS.
Szalavits (2016) argues in “Can you Get Over an Addiction?” that the traditional views on addiction of either a chronic disease or a moral defect are flawed and that these behaviors are a result of repeatedly reinforcing skewed reward objects. EXCELLENT.
This view of an addiction as a learning disability has invaluable implications not only for the treatment of drug users, but also for understanding how we as a society play a role in getting people addicted to drugs and other destructive behaviors. THIS ACTUALLY POINTS TO HOW YOU’RE PLANNING ON EVALUATING THIS ARTICLE WHICH IS GREAT.
Both Childress (2016) in “Veterans Face Greater Risks Amid Opioid Crisis” and Lawrence (2014) in “A Growing Number of Veterans Struggle to Quit Powerful Painkillers” show how the VA taking shortcuts in the pain management for soldiers is teaching these veterans addiction – an inappropriate coping mechanism.INTERESTING LINK BETWEEN THE THREE ARTICLES–COPING.
Different social groups struggle from drug addiction. GREAT, THOUGH YOU MIGHT INDICATE WHAT MAKES A SOCIAL GROUP VULNERABLE TO ADDICTION, IF THAT IS POSSIBLY A COMMON IDEA.
Childress (2016), addresses the hidden addiction problem that U.S. Army veterans face and cites that nearly seventy thousands veterans suffer from opioid-use disorders. Childress points out that soldiers are well supplied with opioid medications during and after their military deployments, often with little dosage control.
According to Lawrence’s article (2014) “The troops, if they got hurt they’d just shove you a bag of pills.” (para. 13). Thus they return back to their homes addicted and have little options for successful recovery.
Lawrence (2014) highlights a specific case of a veteran addicted to painkillers. He confirms that soldiers in pain get unlimited access to high-addictive medications, which has led to an opiate epidemic in our society.
Luckily the VA is recently starting to explore other ways to deal with pain management such as yoga and physical therapy instead of relying on pills for everything. Although this is a positive dynamic it is important to remember that it is our own pills for everything approach that contributed to the veteran addiction problem to begin with. MY ONLY QUESTION HERE IS– ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE DIFFERENT GROUPS WHO ARE ADDICTED? IT SEEMS LIKE YOU’RE FOCUSED HERE ON VETERANS AND THE STATE OF THE VETERAN POPULATION’S ADDICTION, WHICH IS FINE, BUT YOU WANT TO INDICATE THIS IN YOUR COMMON IDEA SENTENCE.