Alcohol addiction has been a constant problem of society since time immemorial. Alcohol addictions predate other form of addictions such as gambling, drugs and adrenaline rush. Most alcohol addicts use the rationalization that alcohol is good for you. They might not have heard of the saying, “too much of something is sickening”. Then again, it is very easy to grab that bottle when problems beset a person.

Pornography is the origin of sexual deviants and we can see that pornography urbanized and continued right through society, reaching back to B.C. Prostitution and other sexual infertilities have been issues long before today, yet a person might wonder why this is happening to them.  Yet sex addictions are extreme, since many types of sex addicts include pedophiles, serial killers, rapists, etc.

Addicts of gambling make every effort to gain power and control through the power of money. The impulses can drive the person to commit crimes, especially if gambling is not fulfilling the needs. Gambling then has lead to murder, theft, etc extending to extreme corruption. What are the signs of gambling addictions?

A number of people say that if you are missing work hours or school time because of gambling, then you have a problem. Do your friends and family see you as a greedy ill person? In other words, what has gambling done to your reputation, or status in life? Do you habitually borrow cash to support your gambling habits? Does gambling make you think of stealing money?

Cocaine addicts might ask what it is about the drug that makes them crave. Cocaine is a form of speed that gets a person high for a short time, thus after the high ceases the person will start to crave. This leads to dependency and addiction. Some people will snort a line of cocaine through their nose, and after so long of use the high does not give them the appeal it did at first, and thus they increase the lines. In addition, after so long and the drug is not working as it did at one time, the person may resort to crack cocaine or heroin. Otherwise, a person truly addicted to cocaine will run into areas of his/her life where they cannot afford the drug and will go to extremes to find money to get the drug.

Society and psychologists would say that addicts have psychological problems. My rebuttal is all humans have psychological deficiencies. Nobody was born perfect after all. Society and psychology would say that addicts do not know what they do. Of course they do. They will steal or kill to get more money to finance their addiction. So they will mug a person or break into a person’s residence. Some will even plan their course of action before they put it into motion. Isn’t that a deliberate, lawless effort by an addict to gain more? My point is, in the end, it is all about human will. Is gambling, money, some powdery substance or sex more powerful than the human will? Are you stronger than grass? Will you allow grass to defeat you? If it did defeat you, whose fault is it? It was certainly not your parents or your past. You allowed it to defeat you. It’s all about the human will.