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"the addict unconsciously thinks of the drug as life itself." Therefore the addict doesn't consciously want it but they crave it.

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"For example, even though a recovering alcoholic can have control in his home when he walks by his favorite bar he might lose it"
Environment can trigger addiction

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The reason I believe addiction is a disease is because factors can cause people to become addicts but it won't cause everyone to become an addict like behavior or environment. -

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¨Addiction is a defect in the hedonic system or the system that perceives pleasure, which is deep in the part of the brain that handles basic survival.¨ This shows that it is biological because it is a structural part of the brain.

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"While it is true that the addict may have a choice whether or not to use drugs, they do not have the choice over whether or not to crave." This goes to show that a persons biological chemistry can still cause cravings of alcohol, as well as cause mood swings, and restlessness in their everyday life from the craving.

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"While it is true that the addict may have a choice in whether or not to use drugs, they do no have the choice over whether or not to crave." Since they don't have a choice on craving it is a disease.

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"A beer is not just a beer anymore the addict needs the beer to get through life and when the beer is unavailable they crave it"
The addict feels the need to crave beer for a "stress relieve". It is a choice that they are making

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Addiction is defined as, the fact or condition of being addicted to a particular substance, thing, or activity. So the person that is addicted to the object or activity may not want what they are addicted to, but they need it.

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"Addiction is a defect in the hedonic system, or the system that perceives pleasure, which is deep in the part of the brain that handles basic survival." Because the brain feels it needs the addiction to live, the person unconsciously craves the substance.

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Addiction is a defect in the hedonic
system, or the system that perceives pleasure, which is deep in the part of the brain that handles basic survival" A persons brain makes them crave the drug.

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"A beer is not just a beer anymore- The addict needs the beer to get through life and when the beer is unavailable, they crave it"
Craving is something that is apart of the brain. It's a nature for it.

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Because of the defect in hedonic system, 'the addict unconsciously thinks of drug as life itself'.

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"While it is true that the addict may have a choice in whether or not to use drugs, they do not have the choice over whether or not to crave"

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Is the need for the beer biological or behavioral? Is it a choice?

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Is the need for the beer biological or behavioral? Is it a choice?

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"Addiction is a defect in the hedonic system, or the system that perceives pleasure, which is deep in the part of the brain that handles basic survival." This shows addiction is a brain game and it can be overcome.

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"Furthermore, consider the environment in which the addict first experiences the substance"
Shows that even the place where you first started the addiction, r first noticed the addiction started could have an impact on why. Like if you did it under the influence of friends or family. Or if you simply did it on your own time.

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"The addict needs the beer to get through life and when the beer is unavailable they crave it." The person depends so much on it that the brain craves it.

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"We now know that the addict’s brain really is different than normal brains, and from a physiologic standpoint we now know how it is different"

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The stimuli from a smell, taste or place commonly attributed to an environment of drug use can often set off strong memories of drug use" the environment of past drug use can make the person crave more.

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"If craving gets bad enough, even the strongest-willed, most mature and most responsible person will return to using drugs. No brain can ignore the survival imperative."

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"Animal studies demonstrate that a strain of rats can become physically alcohol dependent; their
offspring over time and successive generations are born with an apparent predisposition to
physical dependence on alcohol upon exposure."
This study shows that an addiction doesn't have to be self-taught. Sometimes, a person can be born with it, meaning that the addiction is part of the makeup of the brain.

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"Addiction is a defect in the hedonic system, or the system that perceives pleasure..."
This means that addiction comes from excessive cravings.

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"In the case of an addict, his constant urge to use could be a direct result of his low status within the social structure. Also, the very fact that he is on the fringes of 'accepted society' may actually be both a cause as well as a result of his addiction." This shows how an environment can change the way someone's mind works. In this case it caused an addiction and its environment enforced it even more.

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" A great amount of research has been dedicated to environmental triggers." If a person is addicted to smoking weed and they've been free for a year and they see one of their friends doing it, that is an environmental trigger that could cause a downward spiral.

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"Even the strongest‐willed, most mature and most responsible person will return to using drugs. No brain can ignore that survival
imperative."

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"Addiction is a defect in the hedonic system, or the system that perceives pleasure, which is a deep part of the brain that handles basic survival." This shows how addiction effects the chemicals of the brain and how that change could effect us.

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"recovering alcoholics may have no problem controlling their addiction in the comfort of their own home, the overwhelming urge to use when they walk by a favorite bar may simply be too much for them to handle." This shows how nature can bring people right back to their addiction.

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"While it is true that the addict may have a choice in whether or not to use drugs, they do not

have the choice over whether or not to crave."

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"According to the laws of reinforcement, whenever a stimulus (e.g., using alcohol
or drugs) is followed by a reward (e.g., feeling good), that connection is reinforced, increasing the
probability of repeating that behavior next time."
This shows that addictions are developed as a behavior. People enjoy doing these things, their brain rewards them, so they want to do it again, which is what nurture is.

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"Addiction is a defect in the hedonic

system, or the system that perceives pleasure, which is deep in the part of the brain that handles basic survival ...If craving gets bad enough, even the strongest‐willed,

most mature and most responsible person will return to using drugs. No brain can ignore that survival

imperative. " There comes to a point where addiction stops being a choice and is a disease.

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"Having friends that use drugs serves as a powerful cultural force for continued experimentation." If a person is surrounded by a positive environment there is a higher risk for addiction.

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"The stimuli from a smell, taste or place commonly attributed to an environment of drug use can often set off strong memories of drug abuse for the addict. This process ultimately results in a powerful desire to use, even if they have been away from drugs for a considerable amount of time"

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In a study of monkeys that scientists conducted, the monkeys had "derived stress from being dominated" , concluding that the cause of dominance from another being brings more "likelihood of [the use] of drug abuse and addiction". Dominance such as a higher authority in your life could cause pressure into getting involved with drugs and addiction.

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Addiction "runs along the fault lines of society."
This shows that both the environment and the people around you, can alter the mind of someone with an addiction

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"The use of drugs and alcohol is most certainly a learned behavior, as demonstrated by the cultural emphasis on learning “how” to drink." The use of Drugs is learned through behavior so it is nurture.

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"The stimuli from a smell, taste or place commonly attributed to an environment of drug use can often set off strong memories of drug abuse for the addict"

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Addiction is learned, but develops as a disease - Jillian Elkins

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Addiction is learned, but develops as a disease - Jillian Elkins

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To become addicted to something, the person has to take the initial step. In the case of a child being addicted at birth, that choice was the mother's. However, once the person is dependent on the substance or action, their brain chemistry is altered, thus proving the addiction is a mental and physical need, and therefore a disease.

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I feel that if you work hard enough and go through some sort of therapy to help you recover, you can do it. It's all in the head and i'm sure you can overcome it. Or just don't get into the addiction in the first place. do what YOU think is right in your own mind.

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The hedonic section of the brain is responsible for our addictions. Even the most controlled and responsible people can have withdrawals and will physically need a substance to live and function.

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"The best argument against calling addiction a disease states that addicts make the choice to use

drugs and that their inability to stop is simply immature and irresponsible behavior."
It is an individual's choice to start doing drugs or drink alcohol.

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"While it is true that the addict may have a choice in whether or not to use drugs, they do not

have the choice over whether or not to crave." Therefore it's saying how you may not want to crave it but your body has created this need for a certain thing.

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"drug use initially is socially reinforced and that this reinforcement eventually is
replaced by biological reinforcement through suppression of withdrawal symptoms."
This quote states that people don't just crave the things that they are addicted to before they've tried it once but things like environment influence people to try things that lead to addiction

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Any disease is curable and any disease can come on by choice. You can choose to eat healthy or you can choose to eat unhealthy and get type two diabetes. That is the same thing for drugs, you can choose to do them and lead to addiction or you can not do them. Some babies are born addicted due to their mothers choices and not everyone has the choice of doing it. It is a disease because we forget that it hurts our bodies and can hurt other bodies as well like new born babies who survived on their mother and those mothers were addicts. Yes people have the choice but not all do so it is a disease.

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Addiction changes a persons brain and can affect later generations. However it is their choice to begin using drugs.

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i think that as a person becomes addicted to alcohol, the body adapts which is why a defect can be found but getting to the point of addiction is not something that some people are more prone to than others because of genetics

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Addiction is a choice that changes into a  disease- Callie

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Addiction is a choice that changes into a  disease- Callie

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People will make the decision at first to start something either from influences or themselves, but it can spiral into a disease. The different reinforcers can influence behaviors and have people continuing in their addiction.

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¨For example, even though a recovering alcoholic may have no problem controlling their addiction in the comfort of their own home, the overwhelming urge to use when they walk by a favorite bar may simply be too much for them to handle.¨ This shows how environment affects the person because the person can suppress the feeling of needing a drink at home but not by their favorite bar.

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Addiction is a disease caused by yourself.

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Addiction is a disease caused by yourself.

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If you know something is bad before or as soon as you start than you have the conscious choice to stop that behavior before it turns into a disease.

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"a great amount of research has been dedicated to environmental triggers of abusive behavior"

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"They (the addicts) have the choice to choose use or not to use drugs, but they do not have the choice to weather or not crave. If craving gets bad, even the most mature person can start using drugs."

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An order to become addicted, you must start at some point in your life, and your behaviors get you to start.

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A person will make the choice at first but it can quickly get out of control to the point where they need to reach out for help

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Addiction is a disease that begins with a choice - Ivan

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Addiction is a disease that begins with a choice - Ivan

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Addiction is a disease because the body has a substantial craving for something that could be potentially harmful for the body. It alters the brain in a was that reverts it back to a primal instinct for that it wants and is hard to reverse, but is easy to dodge. Even if the social norm was using it or you had a stressful day the choice to drink, smoke, or do other drugs is what could lead to an addiction.

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You first have to try something to know if you like it. And when you keep going you learn to be an addict.

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Addiction starts with a choice and is curable, unlike most diseases. Eventually, addiction can become a disease if the person addicted doesn't want help.

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" A great amount of research has been dedicated to environmental triggers of abusive behavior."

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Addiction is definitely curable- Andrea 

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Addiction is definitely curable- Andrea 

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I believe addiction is curable, but only if you put the effort in becoming healthy, but that would be your decision.

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The start of addiction begins with the choice of use of drugs or alcohol, If that choice was never initiated than the disease would have never started. Over time if the drugs or alcohol was abused you grow an addiction that your brain can no longer control. That is when it becomes a disease.

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"Drugs are powerful reinforcers of behavior. Alcohol and drugs produce pleasurable sensations. According to the laws of reinforcement, whenever a stimulus (e.g., using alcohol or drugs) is followed by a reward (e.g., feeling good), that connection is reinforced, increasing the
probability of repeating that behavior next time." Essentially, the drug uses a form of gain to keep the person hooked on it. It is kind of like you promising a second marshmallow to a kid who waits on one.

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"We know what the physical defect of addiction is and where in the brain it is. Addiction is a defect in the hedonic system, or the system that perceives pleasure, which is deep in the part of the brain that handles basic survival." Basically, the alcohol or drug becomes as necessary to the person's survival as food or water.

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"For example, even though a recovering alcoholic may have no problem

controlling their addiction in the comfort of their own home, the overwhelming urge to use when they

walk by a favorite bar may simply be too much for them to handle."
The smell of something or seeing something urges you to want to go back to whatever you once craved.

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Addiction is caused from a persons choice- Izibelle

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Addiction is caused from a persons choice- Izibelle

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When you take your first sip of alcohol you've already started the likelihood or regular use , which then goes onto addiction and dependency. So although it is hard to reverse but not impossible, addiction is caused by choice, whether its to keep going or to try and get help.

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"even a recovering alcoholic may have no problem controlling their addiction in the comfort of their own home, the overwhelming urge to use when they walk by a favorite bar may simply be to much for them to handle." This shows how certain triggers can effect an alcoholic.

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The same is also true of addicts to

other drugs. The stimuli from a smell, taste or place commonly attributed to an environment of drug

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I believe addiction is learned and can be stopped if you get to them early enough.

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Addiction is a deception of the mind- Jason

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Addiction is a deception of the mind- Jason

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You're mind is telling you that it needs something, but only you can make a choice as to whether or not you should continue to pursue it. Addiction can be cured but most people fear getting their "addiction" taken away.

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Addiction is not only a Disease, but it is also brought on by the environment - Connor

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Addiction is not only a Disease, but it is also brought on by the environment - Connor

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I believe that addiction isn't completely a choice; however, that does not mean that choice wasn't a factor at all. It is an indisputable fact that the brain of an addict functions differently from other people. This causes the person to become completely dependent on drugs or alcohol in order to survive. This does not explain how they initially got hooked on a drug, however. The reason people get into drugs is usually a factor that stems from how they were raised or where they spend their time.

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Addiction starts as choice, then a disease- Hailey

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Addiction starts as choice, then a disease- Hailey

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Addiction starts as a choice because a person decides to drink. then it can turn into a disease because the need for the alcohol changes the way our brain functions and the way we act.

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I believe addiction is not any kind of disorder or mental problem, but it completely depends on the will of the person. If a person does not limit himself on his addiction, it can get worse or what we say will become a 'disease' for him/her. If a person is assisted by his parents or anyone who is close

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Using a substance or doing something that makes you feel good can lead into an addiction. When you become addicted to it; that thing becomes a need.

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"addiction is a defect in the hedonic system, or the system that perceives pleasure" The part of the brain that receives pleasure reads the drug as something pleasurable and feels good so it wants more.

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Addiction can stem from the type of environment we live with, along with the brain. For example if you live in a society where drinking or doing drugs is popular you will be more likely to start doing them. Or the stimuli of walking past an old favorite bar can increase cravings, even if you have been clean for a while.

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People sometimes start an addiction by their own choice or it can even stem from family habits that were passed down. Once the addiction is there your brain controls your behaviors and that is why it is oftentimes so hard to quit.

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In studies of the familial incidence of alcoholism, alcoholics were more likely to have a near relative who was alcoholic than any other population of non alcoholics,this shows that addiction can be started by genetics

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"The stimuli from a smell, taste or place commonly attributed to an environment of drug use can often set off strong memories of drug abuse for the addict"

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i believe that addiction is behavioral and biological because if you use alcohol for example, its your behavioral choice to drink the drink. But then I believe that its your body who craves the substance, you may want to stop drinking so badly but your body wont let you. So it was your behavioral choice to start the problem but the substance might have control over you.

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"In the case of an addict, his constant urge to use could be a direct result of his low status within the social structure" The pressure from what people expect from his social status and how they feel hits and they will want something.

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I believe that addiction is both behavioral and biological because it starts as a choice then doing it so much it becomes a disease because people will then think they will need to use it as "stress reliever or to make things easier in life.