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 SERVITUDE / ADDICTION

I have something in common with lots of other people, something I’m not pleased with: my freedom, and the control I can exercise over my life, is severely limited. While we are all rather powerless, the cause of this condition may be quite different: extreme poverty, massive debt, harsh environmental conditions, ignorance, prejudice against us, disability, the authority of some dominating individual who exploits us, dogmatic beliefs, imprisonment, restrictions imposed by an authoritarian government, etc. (Note: Some are imprisoned in another way -- by their brain biochemistry: they can’t stop doing certain things. They are addicted to certain substances and / or behaviors. These include addictions to tobacco, alcohol, illegal drugs, painkillers, caffeine, food, sex, sweets, soft drinks, gambling, shopping, etc.)

Related Words, Beliefs, Background -- 37 entries         Discussion from The Worldview Literacy Book

WV Theme #33A: Servitude--Alternate Concise Characterization with Wikipedia Entries

I am a soldier, not something I freely chose / Conscription I am a victim of my own poverty and debt (bondage)
I am a prisoner / Incarceration I am essentially a slave, a victim of Human Trafficking

summary Wikipedia article: Unfree Labor

 

WV Theme #33B: Addiction --Alternate Characterization with Wikipedia Entries

I have a problem with alcoholism I have a problem with tobacco 
I engage in drug use ==>a substance dependence  problem  I have a behavioral addiction

summary Wikipedia article: Addiction   

   

More to Explore -- Worldview Theme #33A: Servitude

Slavery  (from online encyclopedia)
Involuntary Servitude (from online encyclopedia)
Serfdom (from online encyclopedia)
Wage Slavery (from online encyclopedia)
Military Use of Children (from online encyclopedia)
Prisons (from online encyclopedia)
Domestic Violence (from online encyclopedia)
Encyclopedia of Slavery
Anti-Slavery (organization dedicated to waging "today's fight for tomorrow's freedom")
Free the Slaves (Washington, DC based  non-profit organization working to end slavery worldwide.)
Modern Slavery
A Study of Traditional Systems of African Servitude
Slavery in Sudan
Involuntary Servitude and Peonage (related U.S. laws)
The Small Hands of Slavery (bonded children in India)
Nobodies: Modern American Slave Labor and the Dark Side of the New Global Economy, by John Bowe
National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Domestic Violence and Women's Vulnerability to HIV in Uganda
statement from South Asian Coalition on Child Servitude
"How Slavery Really Ended in Amercia" by Adam Goodheart (April 1 2011 NY Times article)
"A Woman. A Prostitute. A Slave." by N. Kristof (Nov 27 2010 NY Times Op-Ed article)
"Promise of a Better Life Leads to the Nightmare of Sexual Slavery" by Rafael Romo (Sept 17 2010 news item)
"The New Slave Trade" by E. B. Skinner (article in Time January 18 2010 re: sex trafficking in South Africa)
A Crime So Monstrous, by E. B. Skinner (read excerpts of 2008 book re: modern day slavery at Google Books)
child "slave labor" in Indian textile factories (October, 2007 news story)
Pakistan's Slave Trade
The Politics of Obedience: Discourse on Voluntary Servitude
Debt to Society (on U.S. prison population)
quotes related to slavery

More to Explore -- Worldview Theme #33B: Addiction

Substance Use Disorder (from online encyclopedia)
Problem Gambling (from online encyclopedia)
Heroin (from online encyclopedia)
Internet Addiction (from online encyclopedia)
The Society for the Study of Addiction
Addiction Science Network: Biological Basis of Addiction
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Addiction Today   (organization devoted to "Reclaiming Lives for Life")   
Pharmacy Help Substance Abuse Resource Guide
Recovery Helper (info to aid recovery from drug addiction and alcoholism) 
Treatment Improvement Protocols ("best practice guidelines for the treatment of substance abuse" from SAMHSA)
National Institute on Drug Abuse: Nicotine Addiction Report
National Institute on Drug Abuse: for Teens, The Science Behind Drug Abuse
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism: Alcohol Research & Health Publications
National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence
Addiction and Substance Abuse Popular Programs (links to UCTV programs)
"Nearly 20% of Lung Cancer Patients Keep Smoking" by John Leighty (April 8 2011 news report)
"Can You Get Hooked on Diet Soda?" by Denise Mann (March 2011 Health.com story posted on CNN) 
"Yale Study--Some People Suffer from Food Addiction" by Christine Stomes (April 2011 news item)
"Smoking Explains Why Americans Don't Live Longer" by Maggie Fox (Jan 25 2011 news story)
How We Get Addicted, by Michael Lemonick (from July 16, 2007 issue of Time magazine)
This is Your Brain on Food (Scientific American article about the neurological basis of food addictions)
Hooked From the First Cigarette, by Joseph R. DiFranza (May, 2008 Scientific American article)
The Caffeine Habit, by Sanjay Gupta  (September 20, 2007  Time article)
Can't Find My Way Home: America in the Great Stoned Age, by Martin Torgoff  (book review on Drug Policy Alliance website)
The Biochemistry of Human Addiction
The Biological Mechanisms of Addiction
National Council on Problem Gambling
The Good Drugs Guide (website providing a "guide to drugs, addiction, and treatment")
Gambling Addiction (includes self tests to assess problem, from Illinois Institute for Addiction Recovery)
Problem Gambling and Addiction 
Addiction to Shopping
Prescription Painkiller Addiction
Sexual Addiction Articles
quotes related to addiction

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