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One can only pray that any adolescent who suffers from any type of sexual disorder eventually grows out of it and it is chalked up to mere sexual exploration and experimentation. According to Långström (2009), “Exhibitionism is positively associated with psychological problems, lower satisfaction with life, and greater alcohol and drug use” (p. 318). Furthermore, “Sexual addiction is rooted in shame and out of fear of condemnation, people hide their sexuality and isolate themselves from others” (Edger, 2010, p. 165) which may only exacerbate the problem; consequently, driving the afflicted person further and further away from the help they so desperately
Courtney Grove Addictions/Assessments/Interventions Spring 2017 All of the personal stories in this book are an attempt to help individuals identify with the authors. Hopefully, after reading each story we, and alcoholics alike may say to themselves "I'm very much like _____. My alcohol use has followed a similar pattern and I have also tried different ways to control my drinking with similar, pained results. Perhaps the steps that _______ followed will work for me also.” This keeps the sneaky pull of alcohol at the forefront of their minds, learning from the experiences of others and remembering their own experiences from the reality standpoint rather than with fond remembrance.
Many have tried to figure out the main cause for drug addiction and abuse. A Hungarian born American-Canadian Dr. Gabor Mate has spent his career coming up with a theory to answer this age old question. Dr. Mate has become extremely well known from his book “In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts” about his work in Vancouver downtown eastside of which he has been doing for over twelve years, as well as from going around Canada and the United States giving numerous talks on this topic including a TedTalk. I will go into further detail on his theory and counter arguments against his theory disproving his theory for the one cause on substance abuse. Dr. Mate discusses his theory stating that childhood trauma is the cause of addiction.
An article by Knepper (2013) mentioned that the presence of addiction interaction disorder in a person may promote his or her severity in the addiction cycle. Addiction interaction disorder was introduced by Carnes (2011) which means a person may have multiple addictions at the same time and these addictions combine to interact, reinforce and become part of one another. Looking at individuals who struggle with primary addiction: sexual and secondary addiction: alcohol, the secondary addiction may ritualize the primary addiction which makes a person alternate between the addiction cycles and relapse deeper to their addictive behavior (Carnes, 2011). Four Stages of Addiction According to Butler (2009), below are the four stages of addiction that a person goes through from the first trial of the addictive behavior.
Deciding to seek the help of an LDS counselor in Frisco, TX for an addiction is difficult. First, you must admit to yourself that you have a problem and then you must admit that you need the help of a professional counselor to overcome your addiction. No matter what the addiction is - sex, pornography, alcohol, illegal narcotics - therapy can give you hope for the future. Unfortunately, many people who have addiction problems don’t seek help from an LDS counselor in Frisco, TX for a variety of reasons that include: ✦ Denial Denial is the most common reason that addicts don’t seek help.
“The addictive act, once it has begun, invariably fuels the problem with guilt, shame, lowered self-esteem, and isolation” ((Van Wormer and Davis, Pg 298 ) If River had received some therapy regarding his sexual abuse maybe it would not have progressed into a riskier addiction like drugs. Some of the treatments that he could have received could have been psychotherapy, group counseling and perhaps a self-help group. (Van Wormer and Davis, 2013) Some therapists may also prescribe medication, I do not agree with this type of treatment for someone who has River’s
" Healthcare Management Forum, vol. 14, no. 2, 2001, pp. 51-59.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6220625/ This study explores the long-term impact of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) on adult health and behavior. The authors find that individuals who have experienced ACEs are at a significantly higher risk for developing chronic medical conditions, psychiatric disorders, and engaging in risky sexual behavior.
Some risk factors for drug abuse found in sex offenders include; brain damage, HIV, AIDS, and other sexual transmitted diseases, lung disease and cancer. The use of a substance can have a great impact on the offender. The offender can develop many problems with substance abuse and that could greatly affect their self mentally and physically. Substance abuse can greatly affect the offender’s family.
Within the text The Addict by Katherine Fleming it addresses several serious ideas and issues within Australian society. Fleming has conveyed these ideas through several structural and language conventions in order to convey her own values and beliefs around these issues. In The Addict We hear from the author and testimonials from Heath, A recovering addict and her interviewee. This article has been written for an Australian audience and was published in a state-wide newspaper called “The West Australian” and is distributed both digitally and physically. I find that Fleming uses The Addict as a way to attempt to tackle several major issues facing the average young Australian population.
In this paper, I will be critiquing if the experiences of one racial or ethnic group will enable me to effectively compare another racial or ethnic group to the model of discrimination, resource shares and stratification. In addition, I will discuss if it will or will not. Moreover, I will be critiquing if the framework of resource shares enables me from understanding the discrimination of other populations-at-risk. Furthermore, I will discuss two populations-at risk. Lastly, I then will reflect my understanding of the model in the context of social work in practice.
Sharon Olds is a contemporary poet and is known for writing intensely personal, emotional and political poems. “Sex Without Love” is an erotic poem that captures the beauty of having meaningless sex without love or pleasure. Sharon Olds shows the reader that the sex described in the poem is a cold and lonely act by effectively using imagery and theme, but she also puts an emotional and personal feeling in the poem. In the beginning of the poem, the imagery created seemed like the poet was not criticizing having sex without love, but rather supporting it.
In the novel Brave New World, author Aldous Huxley links sexual promiscuity and happiness by utilizing diction and imagery, proving that the only link sexual promiscuity has towards happiness is that it promotes a false sense of happiness. In the “New World Society”, where the main characters Lenina and Bernard Marx are from, everything is controlled and created to fit the social ecosystem of their “perfect” society. Even the people are created, from vials. Not born or produced.
Theoretical Models and Interventions Solution – Focused Brief Therapy looks at finding solutions rather than looking at the problem itself. The main key concepts of SFBT are 1) having a positive orientation, 2) looking for what is working, and 3) basic assumptions guiding practice (Corey, 2009). Having a positive orientation refers to having an “optimistic assumption that people are healthy and competent and have the ability to construct solutions that can enhance their lives” (Corey, 2009, p. 378). An example of what looking for what is working means is “it encourages people to move out of analyzing the nature of the problem and how it arose and instead to begin to find solutions and take action to solve it” (Corey, 2009, p. 379). Examples
A study was able to find abnormality in the frontal region of the brain which is associated with compulsivity due to patients’ inability to control their sexual behaviors. In a paper written by Dr.Eric Nestler, he described addiction as when “pleasure/reward pathways are hijacked by exogenous drugs such as cocaine or opioids, or by natural processes essential and inherent to survival such as food and sex”. The syndromes associated with these addictions are “compulsivity, emotional liability, impaired judgment, and impulsivity”. So basically having an addiction to heavy drugs is the same as an addiction to sexual behavior. There was a difference in people who casually watch porn and then those who don’t.
Sex has a history of being defined somewhat narrowly, centering on traditional cultural and religious norms and heterosexual practices. “Some definitions imply that sex can only happen if someone is trying to get pregnant. Other definitions imply that penetration must be involved for sex to have occurred(alice 5).” Although this straightforward definition might work in some cases, it clearly doesn’t include all sexual activities that we count as sex, not everyone can spot their sexual experiences in these definitions, so why not alter or expand definitions to reflect lived experiences?
