Abuse, Addiction, and Obsession

I fear what we call a normal person these days wouldn't be able to distinguish the difference between these words. It's sad how our society has let the meanings of words become so infused with others, leaving the difference of one word to another insignificant. I will make my point by letting you think about examples in your head then think about what each of the words above mean to you and how they are related to one another...


Okay now I'll begin to explain in my own words the best I can starting with Abuse.

Abuse is when a person has harm inflicted upon themself by any means. for example when a very sad and lonely person gets extremely drunk to "dull" the pain of a loss or when a kid who got a bunch of pain killers from the dentist pops the whole bottle to loosen up to have some fun etc. There is a cause for everything so until the cause is no longer there then the abuse will continue in other forms if the prior one is not available.

Animal Abuse. Estimated 17,403 cases are brought to the court in the U.S. every year, imagine all the ones that aren't known...

The continuation of abuse can lead to addiction when the body realizes it use to have a bunch of a certain chemical in itself and no longer has it so it tricks the mind into thinking it needs it or the other way around when the addictions comes first and makes the user abuse it.

Heroin Addict who Abused.

Addictions help you... make stupid decisions.


Remember Thomas the little train that could? " i think i can i think i can" well your brain is a very powerful thing. If it thinks it needs it, your body will need it. It's that simple, until the addiction is weened and the cause for abuse is gone. Addiction can mentally and physically hurt a person and their loved ones for obvious reasons. I'm a strong believer in if a person does not want help destroying their addiction then truly they may never become clean and independent of the need for the substance.

Because of Abuse this Child is Scarred for Life.


Now the dependency on a substance is not to be confused with the dependency on an object or activity which is more mental then physical. Obsessions start in the brain as well but more thought is involved. Obsessions start with an idea and then the person becomes afixiated on the idea or feeling associated with something. Like a person who's obsessed with shopping because it brings them the feeling of happiness or wealth etc which are triggered by chemicals in the brain. All of these things are related to one another and can be experience at the same time or separately. I'll try to demonstrate this below.

abuse --> abuse + addiction
obsession --> obsession + addiction or --> Obsession + addiction + abuse
addiction --> addiction + abuse

as you can see abuse is the worst scenario and obsession can trigger addiction followed by abuse.
The body is a fragile thing and should be respected as well as the meaning of words otherwise you might become very confused and end up abusing the image of our society by showing others the inability of our nation to use our own language correctly.

Power

Power, the force in which one has the authority and/or ability to control and manipulate something. That is what we all struggle for. Sometimes it's as simple as having the power to make the decision on what you are wearing today or sometimes its about what we want our life to be or mean. Regardless of what you want to have control of it's a constant struggle between you and the opposing forces.

Who might those opposing forces be? Many people are unaware of them due to modern distractions that are imprinted into our minds thanks to things like our friends, family, and in general the Media. The Media is mostly Controlled by only 5 corporations. The 2nd largest being viacom which owns TV stations like mtv, vh1 and many others along with stations and movie production companies etc.

The majority of young Americans are influenced to go to college to get a high paying job or to save up to by that fancy new gadget at the local electronics store, but what good is a high paying job if the American dollar is worth less every day? The word power is often used to describe someones physical and brute strength or the might of a nation's military, but it's not just that, It's your ability to make conscious decisions and reactions to your surrounding environment. Next time someone tells you that you can or can't do something because it's illegal, morally wrong, or they just don't want you to, remember everything is for a reason and just because you don't know it doesn't mean it does not exist. Whether you disagree or not and want to make it change is up to you. Changing something big as one person is very difficult. It's the constant struggle between the power of one person and the power of the law or social norms of a society.

When there is one or more people involved then the sides of power are shifted further from The authority. If a group of people are joined together for the cause of one or more things, then their combined ability to control and manipulate the social norms can shift the situation if they so choose. Therefore, the more people united together for a single cause, the more control the people have, the less effective corruption becomes, resulting in democratic power being obtained by the people to get what is wanted...