Addictions - Vícios

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Nicotina

Nicotine is highly addictive. Nicotine provides an almost immediate "kick" because it causes a discharge of epinephrine from the adrenal cortex. This stimulates the central nervous system, and other endocrine glands, which causes a sudden release of glucose. Stimulation is then followed by depression and fatigue, leading the smoker to seek more nicotine.

Nicotine and Adrenaline:
When a person inhales cigarette smoke, the nicotine in the smoke is rapidly absorbed into the blood and starts affecting the brain within 7 seconds. The result is the release of the hormone adrenaline, the "fight or flight" hormone. Physically, adrenaline will increase a person's heart rate, blood pressure and restrict flow to the heart muscle. The smoker will experience rapid, shallow breathing. Adrenaline also instructs the body to dump any excess glucose into the bloodstream.

Nicotine and Dopamine
Nicotine activates the same reward system as do other drugs of abuse such as cocaine or amphetamine, although to a lesser degree. Research has shown that nicotine increases the level of the neurotransmitter dopamine, which is a chemical in the brain responsible for feelings of pleasure and well-being. The acute effects of nicotine wear off within minutes, so people continue dosing themselves frequently throughout the day to maintain the pleasurable effects of nicotine and to prevent withdrawal symptoms.

Cafeina

Caffeine is the Christian drug of preference. Drink a glass of red wine or light up a cigarette during Sunday Night Fellowship Hour, and you will be thrown out on your ear. But a two-hundred-gallon pot of black adrenal-rush will bring friendly smiles of delight. The meeting would not be the same with the absence of its nutty aroma filling the church basement. Little white Styrofoam cups floating in small clusters of heavenly conversation.

Coca Cola put cocaine in their drink at the turn of the century. It sold extremely well. Some consumers succumbed to the addictive quality of cocaine and started to drink undiluted Cola syrup. When cocaine was banned for use in soft drink the bottlers switched to caffeine.

It is estimated that in North America between 80 and 90 percent of adults and children habitually consume caffeine.

Até chocolate tem cafeina.

Students studying late at night don't realize that caffeine restricts the oxygen flow to their brain up to 30% and impairs memory retention. Under the guise of alertness, caffeine has fooled them into thinking they will be better prepared for their exams in the morning.

It may interest you to know why you get a headache when you skip your morning cup. Caffeine acts a as powerful vasoconstrictor in the brain. That is, it constricts blood vessels in the brain and decreases circulation and oxygen supply by up to 30%! When caffeine is not present, the sudden increased circulation causes headaches. While this keeps millions of people addicted to the caffeine habit, the good news is that you can avoid this pitfall by slowly weaning yourself off caffeine over a two to three week period.

Comida

Anorexia e Bulimia

Bulimia nervosa is characterized by cycles of bingeing and purging. Bulimia nervosa usually begins early in adolescence when young women attempt restrictive diets, fail, and react by binge eating. In response to the binges, patients purge by vomiting or by taking laxatives, diet pills, or drugs to reduce fluids. Patients may also revert to severe dieting, which cycles back to bingeing if the patient does not go on to become anorexic.

Having an eating disorder means being controlled by an obsession with food. It could mean being 60kgs overweight, planning diets which are regularly broken and living with feelings of shame, or a distorted body image, thinking that one is fat when, in fact, one is dangerously underweight. Having an eating disorder is being caught in a destructive cycle of compulsive behavior characterized by low self worth, secretiveness, isolation, feelings of loss of control, guilt and great misery. Coping with an eating disorder is a considerable challenge for sufferers and their families. As with other addictions recovery is very possible, and compulsive behavior can be changed.

Eating disorders most commonly begin in adolescence, particularly in girls and young women

There is no single cause for eating disorders. All are rooted in emotions, however, which are triggered by one or more factors or events, including cultural and family pressures, chemical imbalances, and emotional and personality disorders.

Pornografia

The pornography industry in the United States is indeed large. Adult Video News, an industry publication, estimates the industry's 2006 revenues at $13.3 billion. The U.S. is the world's largest producer and consumer of pornographic material. Porn Web sites draw 72 million visitors every month; more than 13,000 pornographic video titles are produced yearly.

By the end of 2004, there were 420 million pages of internet pornography.

The average age of first exposure to Internet porn is 11.

90% of 8-16 year olds having viewed porn online mostly while doing homework.

The largest group of viewers of internet Pornography is children between ages 12 and 17

Of all university students polled, 87% have virtual sex mainly using Instant Messenger, webcam, and telephone

68 million daily pornographic search engine requests  constituting 25% of total search engine queries.

51% of Pastors say Internet pornography is a possible temptation. 37% say it is a current struggle. 4 in 10 pastors have visited a porn website.

One in six women (17%) including Christians, struggles with pornography addiction.

Almost half of Christians surveyed said pornography is a major problem in the home.

10% de adultos admitem ter um vício sexual na Internet

70% deles nunca admitirão isso para ninguém

MASTURBAÇÃO
Rapazes 90% admitem – 10% mintam
Moças – 65%

Alcool
Qual a imagem que você tem de um alcoólatra? Aquele tiozinho bêbado, que fica em frente ao boteco tomando a sua branquinha às 7h da manhã? Ou a tiazinha da rua que vai te pedir R$1 pra "comprar pão"? Tudo muito distante da sua realidade? Tenha certeza que não! Considerada a maior doença social deste tempo, o alcoolismo atinge cerca de 10% da população mundial, seja rico, pobre, negro, branco, magro, gordo, jovem, velho...

No ano de 1997, o projeto Viver Bem 2000 realizado pela Faculdade de Medicina (FM) da UNESP em todas as suas unidades constatou que os alunos já chegam à universidade com o costume de "encher a cara", como se diz. De acordo com os relatórios divulgados na época, aproximadamente 18% dos estudantes ingressantes em universidades já faziam uso excessivo de bebidas alcoólicas. 

Pode, a primeira vista, parecer pouco, mas esses 18% representam a parte do alunado que se embriaga quase diariamente. Na linha do "bebo socialmente", o número ultrapassa os 70%.

80% tem provado bebidas alcoólicas

32% tem se embriagado os últimos 30 dias

acomete de 10% a 12% da população mundial e 11,2% dos brasileiros que vivem nas 107 maiores cidades do país;

a incidência é maior entre os mais jovens, especialmente na faixa etária dos 18 aos 29 anos, declinando com a idade;

de acordo com a última pesquisa realizada pelo Centro Brasileiro de Informações sobre Drogas Psicotrópicas (CEBRID) entre estudantes do 1º e 2º graus de dez capitais brasileiras, as bebidas alcoólicas são consumidas por mais de 65% dos entrevistados, estando bem à frente do tabaco. Dentre esses, 50% iniciaram o uso entre os 10 e 12 anos de idade.

Fique sabendo

O Brasil detém o primeiro lugar do mundo no consumo de destilados e os alcoólatras estão na faixa de maior produtividade do indivíduo, entre 25 e 45 anos.

Estatísticas

Alcoólatras no Brasil - 15 milhões

Alcoólatras nos E.U.A - 20 milhões

Uma pesquisa feita pela Universidade de Georgetown achou que o número de padres alcoólatras dobrou nos últimos 13 anos ao ser atualmente 10.9%.