Addiction and the Human Genome Project

In the year 2000, around $3 billion was allocated towards a project that ascribed human disorders to specific, heritable genetic content – the Human Genome Project. It was declared that complaints, such as autism, addiction, schizophrenia had a specific gene, inherited from one or both parents that would cause the sufferer to have the disorder and that once identified, these genes could then be subjected to...

Answers: Addiction in Society

Addiction is labeled as a disease in our society. Addiction is a compulsive behavior in which a person acts in a particular way for no apparent reason. Shopaholics, chocaholics, workaholics – drug addicts and gamblers – the appearance of addiction seems to be random – some people suffer from it, others do not.  Generally, people with an addiction have feelings of guilt and shame. Not being able to control a...

Is Drug/Alcohol Addiction Genetically Caused?

Medical researchers believe that addiction is genetically caused. If you have certain genes in your body, then you will become an addict. However, research finds that certain people with genes thought to “carry” addiction  are not drug/alcohol addicts and don’t have addictive traits. Genetics was founded by Mendel who discovered that genetic characteristics are selectively handed down from parent to...

Why Do Drug Addicts Steal?

Very often the breaking point in relationship with a drug addict comes when they steal from you. We will often tolerate abuse, but when it comes to stealing money or goods – that is a different matter. To understand why drug addicts steal is to understand addiction. You have something that they need, and they feel entitled to take it from you. If you think that conscience should get in their way, in that...

Dual Diagnosis Treatment Center

There are many times when individuals face not only one addiction, but two or even possibly three. Those who are addicted to drugs also very easily become addicted to alcohol, and visa-versa. These individuals face a bigger hurdle when trying to break free of addiction. They are combating two or more addictions at the same time. When someone is addicted to drugs and alcohol, it is called a dual diagnosis. Detox, in...