On why addiction is largely a state of the mind so addicts are more addicted to their addiction, the temporary feeling of pleasure, rather than the drugs...
Addiction is primarily psychological although addiction is defined agreeing to the physiological changes in the body, and addiction continues to be determined as a social, cultural, genetic and experiential process as well. Addictive behaviour could be explained as any behaviour that gives temporary or short term delight and also provides relief from ache although there may be long term adverse effects.
Addiction is ordinarily described as dependence on any drug and results from substance abuse. Any drug or alcohol can furnish addiction as can other things such as the internet, gaming, gadgets, chocolates etc. Any way the physical and psychological effects of drugs and alcohol are detrimental and literally succeed in loss of productivity, withdrawal and physical dependence and lack of attentiveness and such other conditions. The former highlight of addiction is dependence as an personel shows increased psychological and physiological dependence on the substance he is addicted to and without the addictive substance the someone is unable to return to normal life.
Dependence on anyone may not be too bad and some whole of public dependence is startling of us as public beings. Any way when there is immoderate dependence with inability to live without the substance in question, then withdrawal symptoms succeed and there are physiological changes in the body together with pain and in some cases curative attentiveness is required. Addiction is an greatest dependence and can cause people to lose sense of reality as people become cripple without the substance they are addicted to. Addiction leads to crime and anti-social behaviour as addicts can resort to violent behaviour, to stealing, to murder plainly to attain what they want. Addiction to a substance could be separated from salutary use of the substance such as some whole of alcohol is determined accepted and salutary in a public setting but being wholly dependent on alcohol to that which amounts to addiction can have adverse public and personal implications for the individual. Some of the coarse addictive drugs and substances are opium, alcohol, nicotine and barbiturates. Giving up any addiction, requires power and this is largely the power of the mind that aids in stopping any addictive behaviour. Thus if addiction is a disease, the cure of addiction or even its arresting is largely a psychological process suggesting that the 'mind' is responsible for the addiction, the beginning of it and also the end of it.
Using addictive substances stimulate and publish the delight inducing neurotransmitters in the brain and the dependence on this feeling of delight leads to more such delight seeking behaviour and this can spiral out of control and doesn't remain within the control of the personel who then is wholly controlled by his addiction rather than the other way round. withdrawal or abstinence symptoms of an addictive substance could comprise anxiety, depression, craving, irritability, restlessness or even thoughts of suicide with fatal consequences. Craving, irritability, depression, anxiety are all psychological withdrawal symptoms of addiction although intimately related to the physical withdrawal symptoms. So addiction is largely in the mind and if a someone wants, he or she can overcome this greatest dependence on an action or a substance straight through self control and with good insight into his condition.
Why do people design addiction?
People who design addiction are more prone to mental illnesses as addiction has been related to mood or affective disorders, to neurotic illnesses and obsessive disorders, to anxiety disorders and many other psychological problems. Addiction is largely akin to promulgation or the need to repeat any singular behaviour in an abnormal dependent manner and addiction like promulgation is an abnormal dependence. Addicts are obsessed with the substance or objects or action that they are addicted to and show an abnormal dependence on the substance or activity. Individuals with mood disorders or people prone to frequent depression are prone to addiction as any addictive substance or drug or even action such as sex that gives short term delight can cause the addict to return to this action or substance again and again so that the depression is forgotten for a while. This need for short term delight leads to repeated delight seeking behaviour and thus creates addiction.
All human beings are necessarily delight seekers, we all like to perceive that is good or beautiful or provides a occasion of happiness but addicts are in turn addicted to this delight as well. In fact addicts are addicted to the delight and not to the drugs, which are plainly catalysts to contribute them this pleasure. The drugs and the objects as also the activities that they repeatedly engage in contribute them a solace that they feel they would not find in other options. There are of policy chemical changes in the body so there are substantive proofs that addicts do get short term pleasure. Thus a drug addict repeated uses drug because it provides a singular form of delight that he will not get by say watching films and a sex addict repeatedly seeks sex because the delight from sex agreeing to her may not be found in other activities such as travelling or reading. Any way this is only a confidence that the addict has and is not necessarily true. In fact there is a sort of fixation of want, and an obsession with the object of want so an addict repeatedly thinks about this want and convinces himself that without the addictive substance he will not be able to survive. When love becomes an addiction, it can lead to suicide or fatal consequences when the object of desire is not attained.
Addicts are thus obsessed and largely depressed individuals who sometimes use the obsession against the depression or to overcome the depression. They are socially withdrawn although they may apparently have a huge circle of friends with whom they may not be able to review at all levels. Addicts are also susceptible to suggestion and they are vulnerable to opinions of other people. Strange that it may sound, it is easy to mould or change addicts and also easy to hypnotize them as they are very impressionable and literally affected by what people and society have to say about them. This feebleness of addicts is also their power as both negative and positive influences can act equally well on addicts and the right advice would be critical to show them what is good for them and what is bad.
How is addiction controlled and stopped?
Stopping or overcoming any addiction could be a challenge but as addicts are variable and affected easily, it may be relatively easy to bring them back to normal life provided they have the right type of advice and counselling.
One of the strategies that could be used to cure addictive behaviour would be 'diversion', providing alternative substances/activities or shifting their attentiveness or interest into something other than the addictive substance or object. As a Tv addict could be encouraged to design more constructive habits of reading for instance.
'Substitution' would be an additional one method and a someone addicted to alcohol could be encouraged to take a drink that tastes like wine but does not comprise alcohol.
'Eradication' or unblemished unavailability of the addictive substance or object can slowly lead to forgetting the delight giving substance and interests in other activities. The unblemished unavailability of a drug, even a sleeping pill can lead to lessening of addiction for that drug and help the addict to design other interests, although this should not be done instantly as physiological and psychological symptoms of withdrawal may result. So if someone is addicted to a exact treatment or pill, the doses could be slowly reduced before wholly stopping intake of the drug.
Finally 'suggestion' or counselling to change behaviour highlighting the bad effects of a drug or an obsessive action could be productive at a later stage after withdrawal from the drug or action has been attempted as when in need of any substance, addicts lose all sense of reality and may not even want to listen to advice. So, only when their dependence reduces to an extent with the help of the other methods of substitution, eradication or diversion, counselling could help them to show more uncostly and socially responsible behaviour and prevent added conditions of relapse.
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