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Week 1 Chapter 1 Discussion Question 1

Week 1 Chapter 1 Discussion Question 1

Q Week 1- Discussion Question # 1 - Chapter 1 You must post threads in which you respond to each question twice. Your initial response of a paragraph and you will also be replying to another student’s thread of at least one paragraph. One important note about the Discussion Questions: I expect everyone to provide at least a one paragraph thoughtful, well-articulated responses to each of the questions. Do not post an answer to something simply by reading someone’s post and saying “Yes, I agree". Your responses must be original and at least one paragraph in length. • Describe the negative consequences with alcohol and drug abuse with a person you may know whom has experienced them personally and what were the outcomes?

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Alcohol and drug abuse are termed so when an individual involves in overwhelming use of these substances with a strong tendency to “resume use of it after stopping for a period (Maisto et al., 2014).” There are many negative consequences of drug and alcohol abuse, the most important of them include psychological dependence. Though I have never been closely associated with any individual who has been abusing drugs or alcohol, I have had a few acquaintances many times. In this discussion, I would write about one such acquaintance. The individual was my friend’s uncle, he is an alcoholic.