SAY NO TO ADDICTIONS 🚫

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Addiction is a health condition that many people are currently experiencing in every country in the world. The increase in the rate of addiction is fast increasing among people of different age groups and in my opinion I feel it is not well addressed enough in the society in order to reduce its effects on the world.

The concept of addiction is very broad. It is beyond being unable to stop using drugs, alcohol or other substances. It can also be related to behavioral patterns like gambling, eating, playing video games, masturbation and even working. An addict is simply anyone who finds it hard to do without a particular activity or substance.

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There is a huge difference between a person who is addicted to something, for instance, alcohol, and someone who abuse it. I will try to explain what I mean in more simpler terms using an illustration. An alcohol addict can not do without drinking alcohol in a day while an alcohol abuser is one even though does not drink alcohol everyday will drink more than enough anytime he's going to drink. Well, it may be argued that addiction starts from abuse

The difference between addiction and abuse can also be explained using someone who is fond of coming home late every day and someone that comes home late once in a while but it is usually done out of proportion. In short, addiction is the constant and perpetual abuse of a substance or an activity.

There may be some thoughts going through your mind condemning addicts and their addiction because you feel you're not into addiction. Well, it will shock you to know that everyone have gone through/or is going through one or more addiction in their lives. Even if you are not addicted to drugs, alcohol, gambling - it may be as simple as being addicted to your smartphone or ice-cream or pizza. Most of us feel like life is taking out of our body each time we need to stay away from our phones. That is a good example of addiction.

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Merriam Webster Dictionary defines addictionaddiction as a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence. The effect of addiction is not always pleasant if it is not curbed before it gets chronic. People who are addicted to gambling have lost their life savings, the ones that are addicted to substances have lost their lives or leave their health in a big mess and so on.

It takes a determined person who have self control to break away from addictions. This may start from making a firm decision to stay far away from the group of people that you practice these addictions with. The more you associate with them it will be difficult to stop the addiction. Therefore, you have to keep companies of people who engage in productive activities like a reading club, hiking and running, cooking group, etc. The more you stay with people who are positive minded the more you will begin to forget about your addictions and live a healthy lifestyle that is worthy of emulation.

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