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Essays: Drug addiction

by Jean-Michel Desmeules

Created on: April 12, 2009

You want to know about the comparison




Well, it's the most addictive drug of all time, bar none to any of the drugs that have ever been made or discovered in our entire history. Its users are as high up as royalty all the way down to the poorest amongst us; even some users that have nothing else still have that. Very little drugs will distort your judgement the way this one does, or will make you act as irrationally when you're under its influence. When you use it for the first time, you immediately want more and you keep using over and over, for some leaving space for little else. The victims of this addiction come from all corners of the globe; men and women from any colour, religion or creed have fallen for its toxic grip. Some users use all day while some others prefer to indulge in it at a specific times like after workIt can be used in bars if you have the right look, or if you say the right thing. You can also use it alone but usually it's done in a party of at least two and it can be done at home or outside at night in some dark place. Sometimes you pay the price for using it though and the consequences are regularly deadly for the strong users. You'd think its destructive effects would be a deterrent but it seldom is




At the instant of use, you can immediately feel it coursing through your veins, mixing with your blood and altering the chemicals in it. It enters the bloodstream much like venom does and it just floods your entire body right away. Within minutes your brain is filled completely leaving the poor organ to compensate for safety. Every part of your body shakes pretty soon, not a big shake, but a constant one. Your heart can barely keep up with the strain and heart attacks sometimes occur.




Pretty soon you've driven your loved ones away, your employer have to "let you go" and you can even face a long time out in jail if you're not cautious. There are even horror stories of people killing themselves after something they've done under the influence of this drug.




Fear not if you're a user though, for I have been a user for a long time and managed to get clean, with only a few relapses here and there. There's hope for even a hardened user and if you want you can join our group for free. We ask only that you have a few sessions with a professional to help you work the addiction out and don't worry if it's hard at first: like any drugs it's expected you'll have some relapses.




The second thing we ask of you before you may join is that you write a 490 word essay to describe in your own words how anger compares to a drug

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