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Addiction: A Definition
Title: Addiction: A Definition
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 485 | Pages: 2.1 (approximately 235 words/page)
Addiction: A Definition
In “Addiction Is Not a Disease,” Stanton Peel contends addiction is a choice,
derived from the addict’s desires and principles. “Addiction” to illegal drugs includes
free choice to indulge in and to continue using an illegal substance such as heroin or
cocaine. In the urban ghetto addiction represents a choice among a limited range of
options; in addition, addicts choose “essential experiences,” such as the need for
power, which they cannot find without the …showed first 75 words of 485 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 485 total…with the sense of
power she craves; Sarah wants to keep feeling powerful so she continues to abuse the
substance until she is “hooked.”
In closing, I believe that addiction involves an aspect of physical need for a drug.
This need can cause a person to depend on the drug until this involvement is totally
consuming and potentially destructive. But, what one must remember, the original
decision to use the drug was one of choice.
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