Reading all the slides on drug addiction and all the
different kinds of addiction that there are was very eye opener. There are
psychoactive drugs that range from something as small as coffee that you don’t even
think could be a drug all the way to heroine which is probably one of the
strongest drugs. As a college student coffee is a norm. Sometimes I have to drink
at least two cups of coffee a day to keep me going. Coffee is definitely
addictive because if I go a day without drinking it I get a terrible headache, I
just never associated it with it being a drug. The Barratt impulsiveness scale
was interesting to learn about. All drug
addictions evoke pleasure which is what causes the person to become addicted to
the feeling it gives them. There are positive addictions like exercise which release
euphoria, and negative addictions like gambling. My aunt has a gambling addiction
and she will go to the casino and loose thousands of dollars. It is so sad to
see a loved one go through any kind of bad addiction.
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I was the exact same way, I never really looked at caffeine as a drug either-- so that was interesting to see. I do know a lot of people drink coffee (my mom drinks coffee every day, always needs to make a wawa run before work), but I never really had much of it so I guess that's why I never really understood it. Also, I'm so sorry to hear about your aunt.
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