According to the American Heritage dictionary, an addict is one who,
“is caused to become physiologically or psychologically dependent on a
habit forming substance.” They are different kinds of addictions that
are harmless and dangerous. There is also different ways addictions
can affect people. There are different kinds of dangerous addictions
such as alcoholism, gambling and drug use. Within the range of types
of addiction, society should put more effort into educating people
about the dangers of harmful addictions such as alcoholism, gambling
and drug use.
An online source Advice 7.com States: “Addiction is a state of mind
that makes you believe that you need something to survive.” They also
believe “people use addictions as a cover for some other problems or
challenge they cant deal with.” Maybe the people who have addictions
don’t know they have an addiction. Maybe they feel that if makes them
feel better. That they need it to get through the day. People who
have a strong addiction they don’t known how to deal with or where to
go or who to turn to. Therefore, society should put more effort into
educating people about the dangers of addictions.
One type of addiction is alcoholism. According to Stanton Peele
Adiction Website there are “9 or 10 million problem drinkers and about
5 million alcoholics which attributed to 19,171 deaths in 1999.” In the
past when alcohol was a problem the government put the prohibition law
into effect. Today, “scientific research shows that alcoholism is an
inbred trait.” Which means that instead of being a social problem it’s
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