This paper will discuss addiction in its various forms. Both physiological and psychological influences greatly factor whether a person can become an addict. While physiological addiction can be treated with a variety of medical treatments, psychological addiction is questionably much more difficult to successfully treat. A study of the U.S. population found that one person out of every four have had a substance abuse problem at some time in their life The technical definition for addiction is the compulsion

10. Continued to take personal inventory, and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.

Not all psychotropic affect the body chemistry in the same way. Amphetamines enhances norepinephrine activity (a neurotransmitter that controls arousal, dreaming and mood) thereby heightening alertness and mood.

In addition to the twelve steps all anonymous programs have a strict set of traditions, or rules, that govern their behavior. These traditions also number twelve and are strictly adhered to:

The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy conducted a study to determine how much money is spent on illegal drugs that otherwise would support legitimate spending or savings by the user in the overall economy. They found that, between 1988 and 1995, “Americans spent $57.3 billion on drugs, broken down as follows: $38 billion on cocaine, $9.6 billion on heroin, $7 billion on marijuana, and $2.7 billion on other illegal drugs and on the misuse of legal drugs”

to use substances repeatedly, even when doing so can be dangerous. Addiction varies greatly: the majority of addicts are drug abusers, but any compulsion that produces an altered state of consciousness can become an addiction.

5. Each group has but one primary purpose--to carry its message to the alcoholic who still suffers.

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