Ryan Davis Case Study

Ryan Davis had a lot of experience with drugs and alcohol from his early teen years, all the way up to college. He first used drugs when him and his buddies found marijuana in his friend’s older brother’s room. During this time, he did it out of fun. Later on, Ryan’s dad offered to supply wine and beer coolers to celebrate his middle school graduation. During one of the parties Ryan had attended, a friend suggested getting twisted, which is getting high and drunk at the same time. Finally, the last two main drugs Ryan had used during his addiction were cocaine and inhalants. Through the years, Ryan had developed a tolerance to drugs and alcohol. The pot he smoked that “one” time with friends caused him to constantly skip class to smoke

In class, we learned that marijuana is a depressant. After that high a user feels, the user feels down afterwards. They may have a slower reaction time or experience drowsiness afterwards, causing Ryan to use more and more to avoid the “down.” Another depressant he used was alcohol. This causes your central nervous system to slow down. Ryan started off using it with friends because being drunk was entertaining. People slur their speech and their personality becomes much different. Later on, he didn’t use alcohol for fun, he used it to get so drunk by himself that it became a chore. He constantly felt the need for this state of being drunk. When he first woke up every morning, he would first think how he would get drugs or alcohol. Most of the time, he thought about cocaine. Because of his intense cravings for it, he put himself in danger and went as far as knocking on Lolo’s door. Cocaine, being a stimulant causes your central nervous system to speed up. It gives a person more energy, like becoming restless or increased heart rate. This even lead to Ryan sleeping so little or not sleeping at all because of his constant cocaine usage. Throughout his whole addiction, he was in denial of himself being an addict. In health class, many addicts surprisingly have that in common. Many of the videos we’ve watched show teenagers not even being aware that their actions are wrong and that they are indeed