Alcohol

Alcohol "Alcohol is the type of depressants. Alcohol is any beverage  containing ethyl alcohol, including beer, wine and liquor." According to World Health Organization (WHO) 2 billion people worldwide consume alcohol. In United States every two third of all uses drinks which contain alcohol. Binge drinking episode "When people consume five or more than five drinks of alcohol on the single event it is known as binge drinking episode." Ethyl Alcohol All alcoholic drinks contain ethyl alcohol. Ethyl alcohol is a chemical that readily absorbed...

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Types of drug takers

Types of drug takers "Drug takers are those people who take drugs."There are three types of drug takers. User Habitual Addict User "A person who take and enjoy any drug occasionally is known as drug user like on eid, new year or marriage ceremony etc." Habitual "A person who take drug as a habit in daily routine but do not physically depend on that drug is known as habitual. They can get rid of this habit."   Addict "Addict...

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Types of addiction

Types of addiction There are two types of addiction. Chemical addiction Non-Chemical addiction Chemical addiction "In chemical addiction person inhale, swallow, or inject addictive chemical to get pleasurable effects."  Non-Chemical addiction "In non-chemical addiction person develop bad habits which become compulsion for him like gambling, over eating, over indulgence in sex and in these days internet addiction and pornograph...

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Stages of Chemical addiction

Stages of Chemical addiction Drug use is different for all people. Basically there are four main stages of chemical addiction. Experimentation Regular use Drug Abuse Drug Addiction Experimentation Experimentation is a stage in which the person start taking any chemical/drug voluntary without any negative effects on his body or brain. Some people may also take it as a prescribed medicine by the physician to over come any physical or psychological...

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Chemical addiction

Chemical Addiction We all use lot of drugs or chemicals in our every day life in the form of prescribed medicine like aspirin, pain killer, antibiotics to fight with infections, for both medical and pleasure outcomes. These all chemicals have some side effects on our physical and psychological health. Drug "A drug is a chemical that effects our physical and psychological health. Drugs are also known as substance." Drugs may cause some temporary...

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Non-Chemical addiction

Non-Chemical addiction "In non-chemical addiction person develop bad habits which become compulsion for him like gambling, over eating, over indulgence in sex and in these days internet addiction and pornography." Types of non-chemical addiction There are some types of non-chemical addiction. Gambling addiction Over eating Over indulgence in sex Internet addiction Pornography Gambling People start gambling for fun but as time passes it...

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Negative effects of addiction

Negative effects of addiction Addiction have some negative effects on person's life. It can effect his personal, professional and educational life. There are two main categories of negative effects of addiction. Psychological effects physical effects Psychological effects Initially addict uses any kind of addiction to decrease the level of stress or for pleasure. With the passage of time it becomes addiction that have some negative effects...

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Causes of addiction

Causes of addiction In addiction a person become an addict or dependent on the drug/chemical or on any behaviour. A person do not start using chemical or non-chemical object to become an addict. There are some causes of addiction that are described below. Psychological disorder One cause of addiction is psychological disorder. When a person is suffering from any psychological disorder he needs any medicine for the cure of disorder....

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Signs and symptoms

Sign "Any objective evidence of disease or disorder which is reported by other person like physician or family members of patient." Symptom "Any feeling of illness (physical or mental) which indicates that disease or disorder is present...

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Prevention From Addiction

Prevention from addiction Addiction can be developed at any stage of life due to any reason. You can prevent yourself from addiction by using some prevention techniques. Only addiction that can not be prevented is genetic addiction because it is transferred through genes that can not be inhibited. There are some techniques that are used for the prevention of addiction either chemical or non chemical. Find out the source of addiction You can prevent yourself by finding the source of addiction because if you remove the source of addiction you can...

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Relapse

Relapse "Relapse refer to the recurrence of any disease,disorder or behaviour after the compete recovery from that disease,disorder or behaviour and that condition is more worse than earlier condition." Relapse of addiction "Relapse of addiction refers to the recurrence of chemical or non-chemical addiction after a complete recovery from that addiction" Reasons of Relapse There are some reasons that leads to addiction relapse that are described...

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