MY GROUP IS MORAL FAILURE Question: Do you think addiction is a disease just lik

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MY GROUP IS MORAL FAILURE

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Do you think addiction is a disease just like diabetes, heart diseases or is it a stigma and a moral failure? This is a group activity and you have been randomly divided into 2 groups, one treating addiction as a disease, and the second, as a moral failure. Guidelines for this group activity: 1. Resources: a. course material b. articles (web sites, scholarly journals-for example: Scientific American, Mind, National Geographic, Discovery Channe) c. web sites (Wikipedia is allowed-a suggestion is to check the references list within Wikipedia, check the sources, and cite from the source) d. videos-for example: TEDtalks, YouTube 2. Gather appropriate information from these resources using these guiding questions a. What are the characteristics (reasons) that classify addiction as a disease (for group 1)? (for example: Brain physiology) b. What are the characteristics (reasons) that classify addiction as a moral failure (for group 2)? (or example: low self-control c. What are available treatments-both disease (for example: physicians, medications) or moral failure (in example: life style changes, group therapy, de-addiction centers) (for both groups) d. What role(s) can family play (for both groups)? e. Can addiction, whether as disease or moral failure be cured? Why or Why not (for both groups)?

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The characteristics that classify addiction as a moral failure are:

1) Lack of basic lifeskills lead to a person being unable to resolve day to day life problems as thereby resort to drugs.

2) Lack of responsibility in the person. This may be due to environmental factors such as family background, childhood experiences, etc that make the person feel less responsible for his life.

3) There is lack of will power in addicts due to lack of self control.

4) This is also because the person might have very less idea about his/her self concept which makes the person prone to societal pressures and obligations.

5) Addicts seek for immediate gratification of their needs and thereby take drugs or consume alcohol which helps them serve this purpose. They are generally incapable of introspecting and finding solutions on their own, without support.  

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