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Perens ppp yeiopiiet cere piers addition Created by Mora Prior ‘Those Affected By Drugs Addicted -Fix for Addiction ‘According to National institute on Drug Abuse, addetion is a chronic disease characterize by drug seeking and use thats compulsive, o¢ afl to control, despite harmful Consequences, Those addicted o substances suffer these symptoms, Kein Pace, a tecovering addict, first started out recteationally Using marjuana in high school. He was later introduced to pain medications, where his addiction took of andhe soon {found himself using heroin, “Iwas just doing opioid pills and then you become physically ‘adcicted and mentally physically everything” Pace sald. “1 needed to take more and move and heroin was a cheaper altemative? Drug adtiction, also hnown as substance abuse disorder, can cause serious consequences, including physical and mental health issues. rugs change the brain in ways that make quiting the crug nearly impossible, “Once you get clean and sober, not everything's going to be perfect again I takes time and you're going to have your ups ‘and downs and I stl have my ups and downs to this day, but | know how to deal wit them” Pace said Drug use s increasing across the United States. According to ‘SAMHSANs National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) ‘among Americans aged 12 or older, the use of ilict drugs has Increased over the lat decade from 8.3 percent ofthe population using let drugs inthe past month in 2002 t0 10.2 percent (27 milion people) in 2014, Men and women of all ages are suffering rom this horrific disease known as ‘addition. By definition, addiction is extremely hard to ‘overcome and the dsease does not discriminate ‘This chronic and incredibly dangerous disease! responsible {or harming and even destroying loved ones and leading to Countless deaths. About 570,000 people cle each year fom, crags. Approximately 2,000 ofthese deaths are due to iliit drug use, and 23,000 of these are due to prescription medications ‘Adeiction robs those affected oftheir contol and freedom. There are many drug addict stories around the world. Some have happy endings while others are tragic. “talk to people now about how fm feeling oF | share in a meeting I want to drink or Want to use because if hold that stufin Ill end up going back out” Pace sald, "They say you never know if you have another recovery in you so| guess that’s really it Written by: Moira Prior hips fsforadciction convaddicted! se1210112023, 21:08 Addicted -Fix for Addiction ‘Those Affected By Alcohol Alcohol abuse impacts everyone from those suffering to those serving drinks behind the bar. Created by Alle Stein hnps:titoradcition.comladscted! 481210112028, 21:08 Aleohol Use Disorder, more commonly refered to a8 alcoholism is defined by the as,"8 pattem of alcohol use that involves problems controlling your drinking, being preoccupied with Alcohol, continuing to use alcohol even when it ‘eauses problems, having to drink more to get the same effect or having withdrawal symptoms when you rapidly decrease or stop drinking” 's (SAMHSA) reported in 2014 that about 139.7 milion alcohol users nationwide were age 12 or older. Of these, approximately 17 rllon met exter for aleohollsm in that same year Excessive alcohol use can increase a person's risk for a variety of other serious heath problems, such as brain and lver damage, hypertension, heart Aisease and damage to fetuses in utero states tha alcohol causes around 88,000 deaths per year. Akinough aleohel has such a large number of negative effects on many areas of life, itis stil Widely consumed by both underage and legal age people. Between things ke peer pressure andthe lamorization by the meeia, alcoho can be found ‘everywhere. Many people do not even realize how big of an issue tis becoming and the many harmful consequences it can cause "We figured well you know i's just socal thing, a lot of people crink, what's the big deal” Rick Cra, 1a parent ofa recovering aleaholc, said of his 23- year-old daughter, Madison. “But as she went to college and spent two years in colege-she svocessfully fished two years-and as they cal them ahigh-‘unctioning alcoholic, was ableto get through, but did realize until she sort of admitted tous in the summer of her sophomore year that she rally had an issue, mean, tterally drinking every dey” defines heavy alcohol uee as binge drinking on or more days in a month. Binge inking ie described as deinking '5.0r more drinks in a given period for men, ané 4 or more drinks ina given period or women. While some people think that it Addicted - Fix for Addiction ALCOHOL USE IN aia O RSs Deere taal event eae cis eae pois a aed Seg Ce aed peat Re end fy Cee eto pty Pea eared Cea ea Co eu Eats ees ee : Pe eee & oome, ohablly ad owery Cetera cereeeteetd Tite tr ty oy ba totes es cous shouldnt behard to stop and that people should be able to put down the bottle at any time, thats simply not the case he abilty to deal witha disease in a matter of 20 days is total nonsense and to deal with tn the last two and a half years, hich we've been helping her through tha, she has been in recovery’ Craft sald “She is sober two anda half years hitpsxforadcction convaddicted! ‘Alcohol abuse i very common nthe United States: Created by Ale Stin se1210112028, 21:08 Addicted -Fix for Addiction While recovery is definitely possible, that does not make i easy. The road to recovery isa lifelong process and a constant battle. Those suffering from alcohol addictions have to make serious changes in ther behavior patterns and activities, sometimes even the people they surroung themselves with, in order to make a clean start Written by: Katie Muska ‘Those Affected By Relapse. ——————_______ tis common for recovering addicts to relapse atleast once during their recovery, but for some that one relapse could lead to death. Created by: Moira Prior hips fsforadciction convaddicted! ae1210112028, 21:08 Addicted -Fix for Addiction Mary people suering from drug or alcohol addictions find themselves in rehablltaion programs and on their way to recovery. They go through the steps and time goes by and next thing they know they're 6 months sober. Everything is looking up, until a yea fer when the disease causes them to pick up the botle or the needle, and suddenly they've relapsed. Relapse is when a recovering adit retums to the drug they were previously addicted to, People who are recovering from thelr addictions often have ane or more relapses along their journey of recovery ‘According to Addictions and Recovery there are thee stages of relapse. These stages are emotional relapse, mental elapse and physical relapse, ‘An emotional elapse does not necessarily mean the addict is thinking of us, but your emotions could besetting you up for & relapse in the fture. Some signs of emotional relapse ae anxiety, anger and isolation. [Ammental relapse has to do with dealing with an internal struggle inthe addicts mind, The addict knows thet they shouldnt so, but part of them wants to, Finally, a physical relapse is when the addict actually oes into action to use again, Once that hit, tis extremely diffcut to tun back Since addiction isa chronic disease it stays with a person fora long time. ta former addict starts using again they will experience a strong need to keep taking thelr drug, want to take more and more of itand will ned to get themselves back Into treatment as goon as possible Recovering from an addiction does not just mean you quit using drugs. tmeans you learn anew lifestyle and anew way of thinking, dealing with problems and feelings towards things. tis a constant process. Written by: Kate Muska CABRINI UNIVERSITY hips fsforadciction convaddicted! 78Addicted -Fix for Addiction Fix mel ADDICTION hitpsxforadcction convaddictod!