ADDICTIONS
DRUGS
ALCOHOL
WHAT IS IT ABOUT ?
The principle caracteristic of an addiction :
The repeated inability to control a pleasant behavior or to rule out an uncomfortable intern feeling.
This behavior's pursuit in spite of the awareness of the negative consequences.
We talk about addiction when :
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The need prevails on the desire.
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The sensation replaces emotion and relationship.
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The only possible field of pleasure is overwhelmed by a substance or a behavior and becomes the only priority and imperative to feel pleasure or to reduce tension.
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Passion prevails on reason.
A FEW
FIGURES
ALCOHOL
TOBACCO
MARIJUANA & OTHER DRUGS
14 M
3.4 M
NUMBER OF PEOPLE CONCERNED IN FRANCE
OF DAILY SMOKERS
900.000
NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO USE DRUGS EVERYDAY IN FRANCE
41.000
DEATHS PER YEAR DUE TO ALCOHOL
75.000
DEATHS PER YEAR DUE TO TOBACCO
18 M
EXPERIMENTERS
LINK BETWEEN PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES & ADDICTIONS.
In the case of drugs addiction, APAs may permit to reduce the use of these substances.
2 principle reasons are highlighted :
Firstly, the APAs practiced regularly have an effect on the rewards' path. In other words, they will provoke a wellness sensation similar to those obtained after using drugs.
Secondly, it is about psychology. Indeed, practicing Apa will have a positive influence on the psychological aspect of our health. Apas will improve one's health confidence, along with the diminution of negative aspects of anxiety and depression. This is because practicing a physical activity leads an important neurotransmitters' secretion as endorphin, serotonin or even noradrenalin.
Drug addicts often struggle to feel pleasure again, because they just don't want to feel it anymore. They are also not aware of their body and its capacities. APAs professionals will implement activities providing specific solutions to these issues by focusing their sessions on the progressive reappropriation of their body and its capacities.
In fact, APAs will help people get an active body again, so that we can help them reappropriate their body. Moreover, these people are more likely to feel uncomfortable about the gaze of other. When APAs are practiced in groups, they will favor interactions and integration of several participants. Indeed, the group work creates a dynamic social framework that whill favor communication.
Practicing APA will serve as a meeting, reorganization and reconstruction space in the aim of a progressive social reintegration.
SOLUTIONS BY
SANTÉ EN ENTREPRISE
The "Prevention of addictive behaviours" program is a process of prevention on-site suggested by employees, comprising :
• Identification of risk practices
• Awareness work groups
• Orientation towards certified structures to get individual follow-up