Essay Archive - Addiction: Its Causes and Effects
Addiction: Its Causes and Effects
Why did Gaylon (not her real name) wish she never accepted the
casinos invitation to dinner? This housewife believes if she didn't go she
never would have become addicted to gambling - an addiction that ruined her
life. Gaylon turned to prostitution, drove her recovering husband back
into alcoholism and stole $30,000 from her children. Rafael Rios seemed to
have everything going for him. He graduated from Harvard Law School and
joined a prestigious law firm in Chicago. Yet, for 18 years he shot up
heroin spiked with cocaine. What made him continue this....
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