ADDICTION: A SOCIAL CURSE points out a very important and brief discussion about the curse that is taking our society to the dark... hope u like our work... thank you ;) please like and share if you like it...

1. PRESENTED BY: arnab mukherjee
SNEHASHIS SARKAr
COURSE: B. PHARM.

2. “Addiction: the disease
that
Makes you too selfish
to
See the havoc you
created
“Every type of addiction is
bad,
no matter whether the
narcotic be
Alcohol or morphine or
idealism.”
-Carl Jung
INTRODUCTION
“Addiction is not
Just a spectator
sport;
Eventually the
Whole family
gets
To play...”

3. WHAT IS ADDICTION?
“Addiction is a
Family disease...
One person may use,
But the whole
Family suffers...”
“There’s no such thing as
Addiction, there’s only things that
You enjoy doing more than life.”
-Doug Stanhope

4. TYPES
• Laziness
• Social Media Addiction
• Video Game Addiction
• Gambling Addiction
• Hypersexuality
• Smoking
• Alcoholism
• Drug Addiction

5. LAZINESS
“It’s true hard
work never
killed anybody,
but I figure, why
take the
chance?”
— Ronald
Reagan
“Laziness is a secret ingredient that
Goes into failure. But it’s only kept a
Secret from the person who fails.”
-Robert Half

6. EFFECTS
• Creativity gets rusted
• Destructs your motivation
• Your ambition remains a distant
dream
• Physical Stagnation

7. POSSIBLE MANAGEMENT
• Break down a task into
smaller tasks.
• Focus on the actual problem.
• Rest, sleep and exercise properly.
• Figure out the real issue.

8. SOCIAL MEDIA
Internet addiction, Internet
use disorder (IUD) or Internet
addiction disorder (IAD) is a
term used to refer to someone
who spends too much time on
social media like Facebook,
Twitter, Whatsapp, Snapchat,
YouTube etc.
“Technology is a useful
Servant but a dangerous
Master”
- Christian Lous Lange

9. EFFECTS
• Depression and Anxiety.
• Waste time looking at nonsense.
• Checking notification all the time.
• Craving for internet connection.
• Checking social media whether
free or not.

10. POSSIBLE MANAGEMENT
• Limit your time spent on social media.
• Make yourself busy.
• Get an accountability partner.
• Get rid of notification.
• Never bring your smartphone into bedroom.
• Delete the apps .

11. Video game addiction is
defined as a serious loss of
control over gaming that
leads to significant harm for
the emotional, social,
relational, educational, or
career player in the real
world.
VIDEO GAMES

12. EFFECT
• Spending most of one's free time
playing video games.
• Harmful to eyes.
• Loss of interest in social
activities .
• Avoidance of personal
responsibilities or commitments.

13. POSSIBLE MANAGEMENT
• One-to-One counselling with a psychologist
• Family therapy
• Video game addiction treatment centres
• Wilderness therapy
• Video game addiction books offering self-help
treatment for excessive gaming.

14. GAMBLING
Gambling becomes an
addiction when it cannot
control and when it begins to
affect a persons financial,
familial, social, educational or
occupational functioning.

15. EFFECTS
• It may range anywhere from a loss of money
to suicide.
• One may ruin almost every aspect of life.
• For few suicide is the only path.

16. POSSIBLE MANAGEMENT
• Medication such as antidepressants and mood
stabilizer.
• Group therapy.

17. HYPERSEXUALITY
Hypersexual disorder is a
proposed diagnosis for people
who have an "excessive"
amount of sex urges and feel
distress as a result.

18. EFFECTS
• The time spent consistently
interferes with other important
activities
• An individual engages in
sexual behaviours while
disregarding physical or
emotional harm to self or
others

19. POSSIBLE MANAGEMENT
• Counseling
• Rebuilding relationships
• Managing stress
• Identifying triggers for sexual thoughts
or behaviours
• Finding alternative behaviours that are
less destructive

20. SMOKING
Scientists have documented how
nicotine physically alters the brain.
Nicotine activates, saturates and
desensitizes dopamine pathway
receptors, which is followed by up-
regulation.

21. EFFECTS
• Lung cancer
• Stomach cancer
• More cough & colds
• Stained teeth & smelly breath
• Yellow finger nails
• Mouth & throat cancer

22. POSSIBLE MANAGEMENT
• The patch.
• Nicotine gum.
• Spray or inhaler.
• Vaporization.

23. ALCOHOLISM
Alcoholism is the most
severe form of alcohol
abuse & involves the
inability to manage
drinking habits.

24. EFFECTS
Short term:
dehydration ,loss of
balance, slowed
brain activity
,slurred speech
,changes in
emotional state
,increased urine
production ,
flushing in the face
, memory loss,
vomiting.
Long term/
chronic:
liver cirrhosis ,
kidney damage,
nervous system
breakdown,
dementia.

25. POSSIBLE MANAGEMENT
• Alcohol Detox.
• Medication.
• Rehab.
• Behavioural treatments.
• Counselling.

26. DRUG ADDICTION
Drug addiction is a
complex neurobiological
disease that requires
integrated treatment of the
MIND, BODY & SPIRIT.

27. EFFECTS
• Weakened immune system, increase
risk of infection.
• Strain on liver.
• Taxation on CNS.

28. POSSIBLE MANAGEMENT
• Behavioural counselling
• Medication
• Medical devices and
applications
• Treatment for mental
health issues
• Rehab

29. CONCLUSION
“Life is a series of addictions and
without them we die”.
“Addiction is inside you no matter how
far your soul has evolved.”
“It is my belief that addiction is simply
energy. It is energy that flows through
the body and lodges itself in the mind.”

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