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1. Addiction
Addiction is a complex disease, often chronic in nature, which
affects the functioning of the brain and body. It also causes serious
damage to families, relationships, schools, workplaces and
neighborhoods.
People with addiction have an intense focus on using a certain
substances, such as alcohol or drugs, to the point that it takes over
their life. They keep using alcohol or a drugs even when they know
it will cause problems.
there are tow ways to get addict to drugs or alcohol; curiosity could
be the reason for a lot of people especially teenagers who try these
things to know how they make you feel and when they like the
way how they feel after try them, they keep using them over and
over until they become addicted.
On the other hand, there are some people use these things to run
away from their problems, they can’t face the difficulty of their life
so they prefer to drink to forget the problems even for just few
hours.
When you use drugs for a long time they can hurt your Judgment,
Decision making, memory, and ability to learn. drugs change how
your brain works. These physical changes can last a long time.
They make you lose self-control and can lead you to damaging
behaviors.
Seeing someone in our life suffering from alcohol or drug
addiction make us want to help him and to help him we should first
be patient and use compassion because compassion can be one of
the greatest motivators that family and friends can use, as they
encourage the addicted person to seek help. By showing