Monday, September 26, 2011
Social Construction: Addiction
I have a lot of feelings on addiction and could easily talk about them for hours, I don't mind sharing this personal detail with everyone because frankly we are all college students and have probably faced something dramatic in our lives. My step-dad is a crack/heroine addict so I've basically had to learn to live with that kind of behavior since I was in middle school (a little side-note is he just hit his 1-year clean!) Anyways, he takes medicine for the heroine part of his addiction, basically it is a pill that he takes that tricks the brain into thinking he is using heroine when in fact he actually isn't, because it has the same effect or high as heroine but it much easier to get off of. It is a physically and mentally addictive drug, literally your body feels like it is shutting down and your dying (when you first get off of it) and mentally it is addictive just like other drugs, crack included. A lot of drugs like crack are psychologically addictive, it is the habit itself, even just buying a rock would make him feel better. The high that a person gets from crack only lasts a short period of time, it is a large part the rituals a person does before and during it that is addictive. So addition can kind of be both psychological or physiological. This argument ties it with Your body on Pot, adding more personal insight to that topic.
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I personally think the major part of drug using is the way the user thinks about it. Their brains enjoy the highs they get from the drug and think it's an enjoyment. I read something about it years ago, and science seems to determine that it has something to do with gene. I am not sure about it but I think it kind of makes sense because why isn't everyone drug user? I think they majority of population don't think highs from drugs are a joy. Majority of people don't think of the feeling of dying is good. This is just what I personally think.
ReplyDeleteOne of my best friends was addicted to coke and also sold it (he's now been clean for two years). From the stories I've heard, it sounds like the addiction came from the routine he and his friends put themselves in while snorting it. It also gave them money, lots of money, by selling it. They would get high, drop thousands of dollars and not care. Their lifestyle was so addictive because they literally did whatever they wanted. Not many people get this experience and I'm sure the majority of us would agree that this type of lifestyle, even without cocaine, would be very addictive.
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