and N.A. meetings I attended this book contains many quotes from the Twelve Step model and makes many references to God and a Higher Power which may encourage many readers to use faith to change the codependency. It seems that the Twelve Steps are very important not only for those with a drug addiction, but those who struggle with some sort of compulsive action that affects their everyday lives. The author aims to let the readers acknowledge if they may have a codependency issue by giving a list of signs of codependency and tries to walk the reader through such situations by giving examples of
Addiction, 110, 904–919. Lahey, B. B. (2012). Psychology: An introduction. New York: McGraw-Hill Higher Education.
Conversely, Robert M. Stewart in “Meaningful Sex and Moral Respect” argues Elliston’s thesis that “promiscuity is a good thing for some people some of the time” (Elliston. 148) by claiming that they are only satisfying their lower-level pursuit of physical pleasure and are unbeknownst to the higher quality meaningful sex which they are capable of achieving. Stewart defines this lower-level pursuit of sexuality as “junk sex” and claims that pursuing it devalues the intellect and spirit of a person (Stewart. 143). Instead he argues that people should seek to engage in meaningful sex. According to Stewart, meaningful sex is related to higher, deeper, and more profound values such as love whereas “junk sex” can be an experience worth having but
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.
Sexual promiscuity is strongly encouraged and seen as a social norm, which is relatively similar to today’s society’s view of relationships (Huxley 32). Although the citizens
Have you ever been stressed out to the point where you just want to detach yourself from reality? Many reasons can contribute to this such as school, work, or your home life. All of those can contribute to a build up in stress levels and cause you to want to just get away any way you can. Drinking alcohol, taking drugs and/or self-harm are some of the many ways people will try to escape from reality. People should not use drugs or alcohol to try to escape from reality.
People have many short-term sexual relationships. People have sex at a young age, and have uncommitted relationships (Harris, Rice, Hilton, & Lalumiete, 2007). Men are interested in obtaining sexual partners with sexual aggression (Harris, Rice, Hilton, & Lalumiete, 2007). Men and women typically express their sexuality within long-term relationships, but did decline with age (Gray & Garcia, 2012446 - 452). Men and women have less sex as men and women get older.
When a person falls in love or gets addicted to drugs, their bodies behave in the same way. The warm and cozy feeling of being in love floods the brain with chemicals and hormones that produce feelings of pleasure, obsession and attachment. In Romeo and Juliet, Juliet did not just fall in love with Romeo. Lovers also feel a rush of exhilaration when thinking about him or her; it is a form of “intoxication.” Both love and addiction engage the same regions of the brain, the “rewards system.”
Addiction Jimmy A. Hardy Galion High School Accelerated English 10 Felicity Melendez 13 March 2023 Addiction is a complex and multifaceted issue that affects individuals across all demographics, with severe negative consequences. In the novel We Were Liars by E. Lockhart, addiction is a recurrent theme that portrays the destructive effects of addiction on individuals and families. This essay will explore the theme of addiction, analyzing its psychological, social, and cultural factors, and examining the various treatment options available. Addiction can have significant psychological effects on individuals, altering their brain chemistry and decision-making processes.
Sexual addiction can have serious consequences whether it is out of reach from legal action or behind bars. The most common out of legal means is having affairs or casual sex. The most common illegal means is prostitution, viewing child pornography on the internet, sex with minors, and more. For someone, that is, a sex addict, availability to material or the lack of caring to be caught can send an addict to desperate measures. The known death of a young boy changed the nation and started a wave to protect that entire are in site sex offenders.
The Constant Contemplation of Sharon Olds’ “Sex without Love” This poem dramatizes the conflict between the speakers opinions on sex, opposed to others. In this poem, Olds presents a speaker who is contemplating the mentalities and thought processes of people who are able to have sex without love, compared to themselves. Although no first person dialogue is presented in the poem, contrasting statements and implications of phrases used highlight how the speaker feels about the subject. The theme of the poem is largely one of personal contemplation and of human emotion.
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.
For the sixth week of the abstinence exercise, I was feeling much better about continuing to abstain from sugar since the previous week had been successful. Despite my birthday bringing much temptation to give into cakes and other desserts, I was able to stick to my healthy diet of not eating processed sugar. I was nervous to see my family on the weekend and spend time at home, because we will traditionally have birthday cakes and ice cream. I was able to share with my family members, who had forgotten all about my abstinence exercise, that I would not eat any sugar on my birthday. They were very surprised by this, and even tried to convince me otherwise, but I was able to assertively tell them I was sticking to my commitment.
Masturbation: the stimulation or manipulation of one 's own genitals, especially to orgasm; sexual self-gratification (Masturbation). 4000 years ago in China women were allowed to masturbate but men were not allowed because it was considered a waste of energy (deep). Masturbation is fun when you do it right. Some people have rules for when they masturbate, I am one of those lucky people. I broke a very big rule by masturbating with out permission.
Despite pornography is much criticized by society, religion, and moral ground, it still has its own advantages that are attributable to married couples, especially to those who are often have problem concerning to lack of sexual desire in their partner or low libido. By watching pornography, they can explore their own sexuality and interest in sexual intercourse thus, helping them to trigger their own desire in sex. They can spend more intimate time by watching pornography together and drawing them closer to each other. There are a lot of reasons of having low libido or lack of interest in having sex such as they might lack of sexual creativity in bead room. Hence they tend to think that sexual intercourse is boring and lose interest.
