Can Addicts Drop the Harmful Habits to Lead a Drug-free Life?
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Choose one of the following topics and prepare an outline for an essay that includes a list of at least five sources:
Building your own home
Time management
Alternate energy sources
The ideal diet for health and weight loss
Art and music therapies
Addictions and how to move past them
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Addictions and How to Get Past Them
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Addictions and How to Get Past Them
- Introduction
- Attention-getter
- i. Can addicts drop the harmful habits to lead a drug-free life?
- ii. Moving past addiction is not as simple as it may appear.
- Thesis Statement
- i. Awareness and early acknowledgment, contemplation, investigating recovery, recovery process, preservation, and treatment are critical phases in overcoming an addiction.
- Attention-getter
- Awareness and Early Acknowledgement
- Individuals must first accept that something is wrong in their lives. It is the most crucial step for addicts.
- Recognizing that one has a problem is the first phase in embracing change (Pickard, 2020).
- With acknowledgment, an addict will easily manage any resistance towards breaking the addictive habit.
- Investigating Recovery
- It is the transition from wanting to make a difference in oneself to reinforcing change, especially for the addicts.
- It is a crucial phase since it allows individuals to observe how their actions influence their friends and families (Costanza et al., 2017).
- It is thought to be the initial stage in the rehabilitation process whereby the individual needs close friends, family, and even professional assistance if necessary.
- Adopting to Recovery
- The addict initiates the recovery process at this step by acknowledging that he can adopt a specific routine to overcome addiction (Reyre et al., 2017).
- There are significant chances of going back in the same addictive situation if one does not ignore the relapse episodes (Reyre et al., 2017).
- Without commitment, the addict might find themselves practicing the addictive habits again.
- It is necessary to become accustomed to living a drug-free lifestyle by accepting to deal with the side effects of withdrawal (Pickard, 2020).
- Recovery Process
- The committed addict must learn about restraint and abstinence from the substance they are dependent on.
- The main lesson should be on s...