Addiction And Food Addiction Comparison

Addiction The brain is the control center of the body. It controls thoughts, memory, speech, and

movement(1).Also The brain like any part of the human body have some diseases such as

Alzheimer's, Insanity, and addiction(1). three aspects of addiction that will be highlighted here are the

similarities between drug addiction and food addiction, the differences between them, and what exactly an

addiction is.

Firstly, an addiction is a brain disease which means that a person who can not stop taking or doing something even if he wants to .Also, addiction usually starts when the person is young (2).

People believe before they start taking drugs they can control how mosh and how often they take it (2). However ,we call it a disease because it

Finally, both drug addicts and food addicts are trying to stop, but the result is failure(7). when the addicts use their drugs, the drugs will affect the brain by cravings torture the brain into wanting to feel the moment’s pleasure once again. Finally, There are striking differences between drug addiction and food addiction. First one is how the government deals with the addicts. For example, drug addicts in most countries go to jail if the police catches them(8).On the other hand, states do not penalize food addicts(8). Another example for how the government deals with the addicts is the addicts go to addiction treatment hospitals. The government usually force drug addicts to go to addiction treatment hospitals, but food addicts go for treatment by themselves(9). Second, delivery system for food addicts is easier than delivery system for drug addicts. For instance, there is cheap food and expensive food, but most drugs are expensive(10). Another example is the place that sells. You can buy the food from anywhere, yet it is very difficult to buy drugs because it sells from limited and specific