In today’s age addiction can be seen everywhere.Addiction knows no prejudice; it does not care what race, religion, sex or orientation. One can be addicted to drugs, gambling, gaming and even eating. Addiction is everywhere, from celebrity tabloids, to television, and possibly to a family member or close friend. To understand the causes of the addiction is as important as to treat one with addiction. Theories and model tries to identify many aspect that defines and quantified the casual factor s of addiction. Genetic predisposition to social availability, peer pressure to lack of social support. All these factors have significant role in developing and maintain addiction. People usually blame external factors for acquiring addiction like they believe that environment is the origination of the drug use as its readily available in the society and there are not law enforcing bodies are taking any action against it.
In pakistani society people living in certain areas think that drugs are really common in their areas like peshawar, DI khan, mardan cannabis is promptly available. In sindh and karachi tabbacco, pan and gutka are used commonly. So, if the drugs are available means it will effect all? People have mindset that due to external causes remains accessible than taking treatment is of no use or there will be no treatment that can help person recover from the addiction. These concerns are addressed on a daily basis when dealing with people, families and love once who are distressed by addiction. .
When we addressed the causes of addiction we previously discussed the external factors as they were the either focus of attention or poor defenses in which person projects and blames and denies the reality. There are significant personal predisposing factors that plays basic role in developing and protecting a person from getting in to addiction or psychological disturbances. This can be understood as if a person is genetically predisposed with diabetes as it runs in the family. Does it means that person will no matter what he will acquire the disease? There are precaution that will guarantee that one can be safe from any disease if they understand the predisposing or casual factors like maintain and handling stress level, diet and exercise.
In our world lesser people are having awareness regarding personal predisposing factors i.e both genetic and psychological. I will give you one common person example to understand the concept. In summers there is more than 45 degrees out side and its really difficult to survive but going out is necessary. What you will be doing in this condition? Cursed the sun and God for being this harsh or you will work on improving your immunity and wearing cloth accordingly and focus on protection? I hope that you will be focusing on second option and that should be done.