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Today Feb 28th, classes have been canceled because we have inaguration of new authorities, I will see you tomorrow, Prof. Atilano Ant. Pimentel

WHAT IS A SHOPAHOLIC?

Shopaholics are individuals who can`t control their spending for those people, buying something is like a spring toxix. they buy things in compulsive way. his or her can get debts which they cannot pay it. they can end in financial ruin.

This can be specially difficult, since most of us need to shop from time to time. you cannot simply go " cold turkey " if you are a shopaholic. you will probably still need to occasionally shop for things like groceries, and this can lead to regression in fighting the addiction.

Just like any other addict, the shopaholic must want to quit. very little can be accomplished until there is a sincere desire to end the behavior for some this only occurs when they hit rock bottom hopefully, recognizing the things early can help one curb the behavior in its infancy, so it does not become an addition behavior that contorls one life.

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addiction is the worse thing that could happen in our lifes

because we can lose the most important things we have in our life that is our family and our friends.

Addictions

Nowadays there are many kind of addictions, like drug, alcohol, shopping, gambling, video games, etc.

But drug and alcohol addiction has an economic impact on society. Drug addiction is also one of the fastest ways to spread the HIV virus.

I think that the people have to be carefull because when you depend of something that you have to do all the time in your life , it's could be an addiction.

DRUG ADDICTION

Drug addiction is a state of a periodic or chronic intoxication produced by the repeated consumption of a drug (natural or syntetic). Its characteristics include : (1) An overpowering desire or need(compulsion) to continue taking the drug and to obtain it by any means; (2) A tendency to increase the dose, (3) A physic ( phycological) and generally a psysical dependence on the effects of the drug; and (4) Detrimental effects on the individual and on society...

Drug habituation (Habbit) is a condition resulting from the repeated consumption of a drug. Its characteristics include : (1) A desire but not a compulsion) to continue taking the drug for the sense of improved well-being which it engenders: (2) Little or no tendence to increase the dose; (3) Some degree or phychic dependence on the effect of the drug, but absece of physical dependence and hence of an abstinence syndrome [withdrawal] and (4) Detrimental effects, if any, primarily on tyhe individual.

PICTURES ABOUT ADDICTIONS

Sex addition

Sex Addiction

Addiction is one of the toughest problems facing our culture today. The growing problems within the family, as well as many other cultural stressors, make addiction a national and international problem that is growing by leaps and bounds.

Contrary to some popular thought, people don't become addicted to drugs, alcohol, or sex just for the fun of it. There are usually reasons why an addiction happens. And these same reasons make an addiction difficult to stop. 

These reasons are: tolerance, withdrawal, and there are internal factors that affect her/his behavior, such as genetics, trauma, shame, anxious depression, its not easy to get out of this once you are in. To overcome this you should:

·         Attends to an appropiate counselor.

·         Emphasis on learning how to meet one's personal needs for intimacy and emotional health.

• Psychotherapy to address the issues in one's life that gave enough emotional fuel to put an addiction in place 

Lottery Bets Addition

Nowadays many people around the world are living difficult situations because of criminality, corruption, drugs and especially economic situation, etc., in most cases those people we need a helping hand.
When you ask any person what he or she needs the most to solve problems, they say ¨money¨ because you make everything with it. When they hear about lottery or lotto they deposit all their hopes in them that is a getting away from poverty, they begin with a little bet of course, ¨it is not bad to bet just a few of what I get, it is not going to affect my economy¨. But each day that passes by betting is increasing and there is the big problem; those person spend lots of money with the hope of solving their economic problems, they become ¨Lottery bet Addicts¨.
As they bet more and more and rarely win, it seems a neverending story, because they even get to borow money from relatives, friends an the worst; taka money assigned for shopping groceries in the house or take things to any pawn shop because they had a dream about this or that and of course that means my favorite number is going to be on the lottery.

INTERNET ADDICTION

Internet addiction is described as an impulse control disorder, which does not involve use of an intoxicating drug and is very similar to pathological gambling. Some internet users develop an emotional attachment to on-line friends and activities they create on their computers screens. Internet users may enjoy aspects of the internet that allow them to meet, socialize and exchange ideas of chat rooms, social networking websites or virtual communities.

Intenet addictions results in personal, family, academic,financial and occupational problem that are characteristic of other addictions. Impairments of real life relationships are disrupted as a result of excessive use of the internet.

Many person who attempt to quit their internet use experience withdrawal including : anger, depression, relief, mood swings, anxiety, fear, irritability, sadness, loneliness, boredom, restlessness, procrastination, and upset stomach.

Being addicted to the internet can also cause physical disconfort or medical problems such as: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, dry eyes, backaches, severe headaches, etc..

ADDICTIONS

Addiction has been defined as a physical and phycological dependence on psycoactive substance like alcohol, tobacco, heroin and other drugs, which cross the blood-brain barrier once ingested, temporarily altering the chemical milieu of the brain.

In Dominican Republic and in the rest of the world addictions are increasing very fast. and nowadays there are a lot of things that we can consider as addictios, like the internet, blackberrys, talk by the phone, make up and others..

Young people should be careful and not be dominated by addictions that surround us, is incredible as alcohol, cigarettes, drugs, sex, cell phones, the internet and other types of addictions are taken place in our life..

Please think about these social problem and try to help others to avoid those social problems called addictions..

ADDICTIONS

Different addictions are harmful, not harm our economy or our emotional stability damage our health such as food addiction.

INTERNET ADDICTION

DON`T ALLOW THAT IT HAPPEN TO YOU.

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QUESTIONS AWATING FOR ANSWERS

To talk about addictions we need an exhaustive research and years of work, i dont know if someone have investigated about the matter, but im pretty sure that some of you have experience about adiction either personally or through someone else experience. The questions are;

How do think a person can become addicted?

Do you know someone that has died because of an addiction?

How did his/her life change during the period of the adiction?

Is there a way to help someone to don´t become addicted? If there is, How?

When you see someone addicted what is your atitude? What is your opinion about that person?

Wich part of the solutions you have in your hands to help that person?

What can you do to keep you and family from failing into addictions?

what can you and society to reduce the number of addicts?

And most important what are you doing now to help?

If dont feel confortable to publish your answer to those questions that is ok, but please answer them to yourself.

CIGARET ADDITION

most people around the world have an addition . i thought that the worst addition is the cigaret. why? because people can lost his or her health. the cigaret not only can destroy their life, it can destroy their family, too. so please, DON´T SMOKE A CIGARET.

WHAT IS YOUR OPINION?

Addictions

I did an interview to my coworkers about addictions and there are their opinions:

Rosa Acevedo said "People can have many addictions for example gambling, to have many credit card, and tecnology.

Julio Diní said "Our society and our family teach us bad things for example we live in patriarchy, men think that he can have women addiction, and he think that it is an honor to have many women.

Francis Arias said "Addictions are harmful for human, because, they can't be happy and forget importans things as family and friends, some examples to addictions are alcohol, drugs, gambling, etc., there are some things dangerous to family stability.

CONSEQUENSES TO DRINKING TAP WATER

In Dominican Republic Tap Water is not considered as a type of drinking in what people should have confidence to drinking and that is because our system isn’t prepared with that term.

Why people can’t consume this water? People can’t consume this type of water because can get many illness or germ trough water contaminated, such as cholera and others sickness, as a result people obtain acute diarrhea, dehydration and so on.

Concerning Dominican Republic to establish a difference between Tap water and Bottled Water, Bottled Water maybe is considered the official drinking and, why? Because doesn’t have risk to getting contamination, contrary Tap Water that is exposed to all pollution, however we can say that exist many countries where Tap Water is used, such as EE.UU and so on.

Finally specialists recommended don’t drink Tap Water in our country for the previous definitions back given.