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Theme... #3
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...individual<--->individual
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 -- 36 entries
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More to Explore -- Worldview Theme #33A: Servitude |
| Encyclopedia
of Slavery |
| Servitude
(from online encyclopedia) |
| Slavery
(from online encyclopedia) |
| Debt
Bondage (from online encyclopedia) |
| 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 (from online encyclopedia) |
| Domestic
Violence and Women's Vulnerability to HIV in Uganda |
| statement
from South
Asian Coalition on Child Servitude |
| child
"slave labor" in Indian textile factories (October, 2007
news story) |
| Pakistan's
Slave Trade |
| The
Politics of Obedience: Discourse on Voluntary Servitude |
| Prisons
(from online encyclopedia) |
| Debt
to Society (on U.S. prison population) |
| quotes
related to slavery |
|
More to Explore -- Worldview Theme #33B: Addiction |
|
Addiction (from
online encyclopedia) |
|
Drug 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--Treatment and Recovery Journal |
| Recovery
Helper (info to aid recovery from drug addiction and alcoholism) |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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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