It is very difficult to overcome an addiction. The hardest part for an addict is actually to recover from their addiction. Within their recovery, addicts tend to face many problems while trying to stop their addiction. For example, in The New York Times article, Szalavitz (2016) affirms that “her brain had been chemically, hijacked by drugs, leaving no control over a chronic, progressive disease” (p.1). The severe pain that drug abusers go through when they aren’t taking any drugs is a struggling process. Another example, is acknowledged in “A Growing Number of Veterans Struggles to Quit Powerful Painkillers” by Lawrence (2014). This author examines different types of pain that veterans were going through, while they were trying to quit their addiction. In the articles “Veterans Face Greater Risks Amid Opioid Crisis” Childress (2016) also implies the many problems that drug users go through. Overcoming addiction comes with more than just quitting; therefore, one must be patient and determine to actually recover from drug abuse.
Dependency on drugs can lead to many consequences. According to Szalavitz (2016) addiction is a learning disorder. She states that “drugs affects the way we process information about motivation, reward, and punishment” (p.2). In other words, being addicted to drugs can take over your body to the point where you feel that the drugs are actually something you need to survive because you have no control over this disease. She informs us in the many problems that she had to face while dealing with heroin. Some of these problems were overdosing, getting arrested, being suspended from school, and having visible scars from the injections of heroin she used, which always reminded her about her addiction. This shows how much of a difficult process it is to overcome an addiction. The lack of having a “normal brain” due to an addiction made her go through things that turned out to distract her “real world” forgetting about her real motivation in life because she was more focused on her pleasure.
To follow up with the fact that recovering from drug addiction is a difficult process, Lawrence (2014) states that a veteran Bryan McDonel during his third and fourth day of not having any pills his back was hurting like hell and he was feeling real sick (para.18). This lead him to think of hurting himself because he couldn’t deal with the physical pain that he had to go through. Bryan’s immune system was so adapted to drugs that the dependency on it hurt him more to stop the use of the drugs than actually consuming it. The withdrawal process is something that he couldn’t deal with, but this is some of the problems that addicts have to face when recovering from drug addiction. Yes, drug addiction comes with many consequences and this is something Bryan learned the hard way.
The struggle for overcoming a drug addiction is something that many people face. Childress (2016) explains how many veterans suffered from depression and chronic pain. She felt that the things drug addicts had to go through had to been dealt with in one way or another. At least in this article, this author speaks on how we should do something to help addicts overcome their addiction in a better way. I agree with this because no one should go through so much pain emotionally, physically, and mentality in order to recover from an addiction. As she states, they should be taught to practice relaxation techniques, mindfulness and physically therapy. I believe this would be very helpful to those that are struggling through their addiction process.
After all, overcoming addiction can be something not many have the patience to do, but it is important to do so. Addicts go through severe pain just to overcome their addiction and this is something we should all become aware of in order to have less drug abusers in this world.
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It is very difficult to overcome an addiction. The hardest part for an addict is actually to recover from their addiction. Within their recovery, addicts tend to face many problems while trying to stop their addiction. For example, in The New York Times article, Szalavitz (2016) affirms that “her brain had been chemically, hijacked by drugs, leaving no control over a chronic, progressive disease” (p.1). IT WOULD BE BETTER TO PUT HER ARGUMENT IN YOUR OWN WORDS.
The severe pain that drug abusers go through when they aren’t taking any drugs is a struggling process. STRUGGLING PROCESS MEANS WHAT EXACTLY?
Another example, is acknowledged in “A Growing Number of Veterans Struggles to Quit Powerful Painkillers” by Lawrence (2014). THIS IS AN AWKWARD WAY TO CITE AN ARTICLE. YOU WANT TO MAKE THE ARTICLE DO SOMETHING– LAWRENCE (2014) ALSO ACKNOWLEDGES….
This author examines different types of pain that veterans were going through, while they were trying to quit their addiction. In the articles “Veterans Face Greater Risks Amid Opioid Crisis” Childress (2016) also implies the many problems that drug users go through. IMPLIES MEANS HINTS AT– IS CHILDRESS HINTING?
Overcoming addiction comes with more than just quitting; therefore, one must be patient and determine to actually recover from drug abuse. GREAT SENTENCE– IS THIS YOUR POSITION?
Dependency on drugs can lead to many consequences. GREAT COMMON IDEA SENTENCE, THOUGH YOU MIGHT WANT TO MAKE IT EVEN MORE SPECIFIC– FOCUS ON ONE OF THE CONSEQUENCES.
According to Szalavitz (2016) addiction is a learning disorder. She states that “drugs affects the way we process information about motivation, reward, and punishment” (p.2). In other words, being addicted to drugs can take over your body to the point where you feel that the drugs are actually something you need to survive because you have no control over this disease. She informs us in the many problems that she had to face while dealing with heroin. Some of these problems were overdosing, getting arrested, being suspended from school, and having visible scars from the injections of heroin she used, which always reminded her about her addiction. This shows how much of a difficult process it is to overcome an addiction. The lack of having a “normal brain” due to an addiction made her go through things that turned out to distract her “real world” forgetting about her real motivation in life because she was more focused on her pleasure. THIS IS A GREAT SUMMARY/EVALUATION OF ONE PARTICULAR ASPECT OF THE ARTICLE, BUT I AM NOT CLEAR ON HOW IT IS RELATED TO CONSEQUENCE OF DRUG ADDICTION–ALSO YOU WANT TO ADD A SENTENCE OR TWO WHERE YOU EVALUATE THE EVIDENCE USED– IS IT OBJECTIVE-CREDIBLE-ENOUGH TO CONVINCE YOU OF THE LEARNING DISORDER CLAIM?
To follow up with the fact that recovering from drug addiction is a difficult process, Lawrence (2014) states that a veteran Bryan McDonel during his third and fourth day of not having any pills his back was hurting like hell and he was feeling real sick (para.18). This lead him to think of hurting himself because he couldn’t deal with the physical pain that he had to go through. Bryan’s immune system was so adapted to drugs that the dependency on it hurt him more to stop the use of the drugs than actually consuming it. The withdrawal process is something that he couldn’t deal with, but this is some of the problems that addicts have to face when recovering from drug addiction. Yes, drug addiction comes with many consequences and this is something Bryan learned the hard way. I WONDER IF YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT CONSEQUENCE, OR IF THE COMMON IDEA IS THE USE OF TESTIMONY TO INDICATE THE DIFFICULTY OF QUITTING DRUGS?
The struggle for overcoming a drug addiction is something that many people face. Childress (2016) explains how many veterans suffered from depression and chronic pain. She felt that the things drug addicts had to go through had to been dealt with in one way or another. At least in this article, this author speaks on how we should do something to help addicts overcome their addiction in a better way. I agree with this because no one should go through so much pain emotionally, physically, and mentality in order to recover from an addiction. As she states, they should be taught to practice relaxation techniques, mindfulness and physically therapy. I believe this would be very helpful to those that are struggling through their addiction process. WHAT WOULD YOU SAY YOUR FOCUS IS HERE?
After all, overcoming addiction can be something not many have the patience to do, but it is important to do so. Addicts go through severe pain just to overcome their addiction and this is something we should all become aware of in order to have less drug abusers in this world.
SHAKIRA– I RECOMMEND RE-ORGANIZING THIS AND RECRAFTING YOUR TOPIC SENTENCES– REMEMBER, YOU WANT YOUR OWN LIT REVIEW TO FOCUS ON OVERLAPS/INTERSECTIONS OF YOUR ARTICLES AND YOU WANT TO EVALUATE THESE INTERSECTIONS.