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. The drugs that are used for the treatment of psychological disorders can also cause addiction. person depends on medicine and can not live without it. 

• Physical illness

Some drugs are also used to cure the physical illness that are prescribed by any physician. These medicines not only only cure the physical illness but also become the cause of addiction. These medicines like pain killers, aspirin etc are initially used to cure the physical illness but with the passage of time person depends on these medicines and can not live without it.

• Environmental Causes

Environment can also cause addiction. A person who always see addict people in his surrounding like his family and friends than the probability of a person to become increased.

• Irrational thoughts

Our thoughts and beliefs leads to our behaviour. Person who have irrational thoughts and do not consider addiction as a bad habit. It is easy for him to become an addict because his irrational thoughts about addiction leads to his irrational baheviour of becoming an addict.

• Stress or Anxiety

Every person have some underlying conflicts that can produce anxiety or stress in a person. A person uses a defense mechanism to reduce the level of stress or anxiety. Some people uses healthy defense mechanisms but some people can not find any healthy defense mechanism and they may use addiction as a defense mechanism to reduce the level of anxiety or stress produced by underlying conflicts.

• Pampered Children

Pampered children may also become addict. Pampered children are those children who got extreme protection, care and kindness from their parents. Their parents give them all facilities and always fulfill their wishes whether they are right or wrong and never punish them for undesirable behaviour. This life style may leave  bad impact on these children any they may choose the wrong path of addiction.

• Broken families

Broken families may also become the cause of addiction. Children whose parents are divorced or separated do not get love of both parents. Some times they do not get love even from both of them. It will result the anxiety, stress, hostility and loneliness in them and they may become addict.

• Genetic Causes

Genes can also cause addiction. Addiction may be transferred from parents to children through genes.

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