| Alcoholism |Drug Abuse
Why
do
people
abuse
drugs?
Genetics - Addictive
disorders/diseases/disease
tends
to be
hereditary.
Currently
researchers
are on
the way
to isolating
the genes
that
influence
vulnerability
to alcoholism
and substance
dependence.
Personality - A person's
environment
and personality
may influence
their
drinking
and using
behaviors.
Many
times
people
have
been
dually
diagnosed
with
chemical
dependency
and depression
or anxiety
disorders.
It is
very
difficult
to decide
which
came
first,
sort
of like
the chicken
and the
egg.
Did the
person
drink
to self
medicate
feelings
of depression
or anxiety
or did
the depression
and anxiety
begin
after
their
chemical
use became
out of
control.
Many
times
these
patients
need
to be
successfully
detoxed
to see
if other
symptoms
emerge
and then
treat
the other
disorders
such
as depression
and anxiety.
Learned
Behaviors - Again,
chemical
dependency
is hereditary,
so many
times
people
have
been
predisposed
to drinking
and using
drugs.
Therefore
there
is a
high
incidence
of these
behaviors
beginning
as learned
behaviors
to deal
with
day-
to-day
frustrations.
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