Question

1. What comes to mind when you hear the word substance abuse?

2. What comes to mind when you hear the word addiction?

3. How could you describe an addict?

4. What are the characteristics of an addictive personality?

5. How is that different from a non-addictive personality?

6. What are your personal observations or feelings about those who over-indulge in Marijuana, Alcohol or pills?

7. What Do you know anyone that you suspect of substance abuse?

a. What do you think got them started?

b. Can you think of things that may have happened in their lives to get them started (i.e. School stress, home life, relationship, family, etc,)

c. Why do you think they continued?

8. How would you characterize their personality?

9. How can you tell when someone you know is abusing drugs or alcohol?

Answer 1

1. What comes to mind when you hear the word substance abuse?

Ans. When, i hear about the word substance abuse then i first think about the misuse of drug for harming self or other or excesive use of alcohol.

2. What comes to mind when you hear the word addiction?

Ans. Addiction, mean to a reapetative habbit of anything which is exessive and harmful to consumer in anyways, addiction can be of anything and it is harmful in all the ways. Excess of anything is not good for health.

3. How could you describe an addict?

Ans. Addict, according to me is a behaviour or habbit from which we can't resist or stop us from doing that, any individual who is addict to anything is not able to leave that habit very easily and even face difficulty in adjusting without that particular addiction.

4. What are the characteristics of an addictive personality?

Ans. Addictive personality have following personality :-

• Individual start showing panic behaviour in absense of there addictive substances.
• Individual may became very weired for there personal wants.
• If a person is addicted to alcohol the may start stamming or have speech disorder.

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