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Why is that once a person starts taking alcohol or drugs, it is difficult to get rid of this habit? Discuss it with your teacher. - Biology

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Why is that once a person starts taking alcohol or drugs, it is difficult to get rid of this habit? Discuss it with your teacher.

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Once a person begins to consume alcohol or drugs, it is tough to break the habit because he becomes addicted to them. Addiction is a psychological connection to specific consequences, such as exhilaration and a brief sense of well-being. These motivate people to take drugs/alcohol even when they are not necessary or when their use becomes self-destructive. With repeated usage, the tolerance level of the receptors in the body increases, resulting in greater doses of drugs/alcohol and addiction. Thus, the addictive potential of drugs and alcohol traps the user in a vicious cycle of regular usage from which he or she may be unable to escape.

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Chapter 8: Human Health and Disease - Exercises [Page 164]

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NCERT Biology [English] Class 12
Chapter 8 Human Health and Disease
Exercises | Q 16 | Page 164
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