Addiction: The Progression of Addiction Addiction is a habit that can take control of a person and sometimes even do harm. People can become highly addicted to many things but the most widely known is the addiction to drugs and alcohol. Addictions are classified as diseases of the brain, they cause a rewarding, motivational, and memory related stimulus. Once a person becomes addicted to some kind of stimulus they begin to crave and use it more and can even run the risk of overdosing and sometimes harming themselves. Anyone can become addicted, but most find it nearly impossible to stop it once they’ve become addicted. In the beginning stages of an addiction there is a lot of curiosity. One’s mind can become open to something new and depending on its effect on the brain a person may then choose to use this again or even misuse it to try and duplicate the same feeling they got from the first time. “The addictive product generates profoundly pleasurable physical and/or mental sensations. The substance makes the user “high” (Riessman 36-46). This further explains how a person’s curiosity can move them into an addiction because after a person experiences that so called “high” they then begin to want it more. From here then person moves into having cravings for this “high.” After someone is introduced to a drug or any other addictive substance, he/she will begin craving it. These cravings can sometimes become very intense and the user will begin to feel like its needed to function. This is the stage of addiction that becomes bad and controlling because the want for the substance grows. At this point it’s classified as, “Simple addiction that is a superficial dependence. It does involve physical craving and withdrawal symptoms when the substance is removed” (36-46). Having constant cravings for a certain addictive substance and not being able to satisfy it bring