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Peoples are needed to get rid of the idea that addiction is caused by anything. Many doctors agree and saying you can still choose not to take drugs, even if they do cause changes in your brain. There were so many moments leading into it, but there was a particular moment when there was a choice. With addiction there has to come a point when you see that the desire is out of your control. There are many choices. They happen very fast but if you will slow them down in your mind. It is the resistance, the friction of the mind constantly seeking control of a particular situation.

Drug and alcohol addictions are not diseases after all, but bad personal choices. It will overcome by mustering the strength of character to turn away from such choices. Many people have stopped smoking, abusing mind-altering drugs, and drinking addictively on their own, without the intervention of counselors or doctors or programs. The excessive uses of tobacco, alcohol and drugs have been too easily labeled, giving users an excuse to overindulge. The smoking is a choice so is drinking and drug-using. Smoking is balanced as a habit and drinking is compared as a disease and drug using is compared as an addiction. All can become habits and all can become addictive.

If someone continues to smoke that is the choice of peoples and the same process true with alcohol and drugs. If one chooses never to begin use it then he or she will not obtain a habit or addiction. Addiction Is a Choice, argues that people have more control over their behavior than they think. Addiction is a disease that's characterized by a loss of control. The drugs become more powerful because addiction is a disease that changes your brain. If you say it is a choice not a disease then insurance companies may not reimburse for that and the tobacco companies may not be slammed for millions of dollars. Most men relapse because they fall back into old habits, like hanging out with their smoking buddies.

Most people have tried to quit at least three times before they are successful. Most women relapse because of weight gain or the fear of weight gain. By the taking of smoke Blood pressure drops to a level, the temperature of hands and feet increases to normal. Chance of a heart attack decreases, the risk of coronary heart disease is half that of a smoker's. The Risk of cancer of the mouth, throat, esophagus, bladder, kidney, and pancreas decreases.