Explain your thoughts for each section with a few sentences:  …

EarlStraw9974Explain your thoughts for each section with a few sentences:  …Explain your thoughts for each section with a few sentences: 1.If we see the complete process of substance abuse disorder (SUD) from the thought that leads to the behavior, we cannot leave out the physiological process which is vital to understand repeated behavior with disregard to consequences. The physiological process encompasses an understanding of the increased tolerance to substances causing physical and emotional stressors namely withdrawal from the substance (Capuzzi & Stauffer 2020). Opiate withdrawal feels like a terrible flu bug physically, but the mental feeling of distress and hopelessness is the more power physiological symptom in my experience with substance abuse. If an addiction counselor is aware of the physiological process occurring in the client, they can empathize with the negative behavior and begin to treat the mental obsession causing compulsive behavior.2.The physiological process of addiction is a complex process. There are a variety of brain neurotransmitters involved in the process of addiction (Capuzzi & Stauffer 2020). Repeated use of substances causes fundamental long-lasting changes to brain structure and function (Sternberg, et al., 2020). These changes affect brain pathways responsible for an individual’s cognitive and emotional functioning. Stimuli from substances activates changes to take place in the areas of the brain most associated with addiction known as the reward pathway or limbic system (Capuzzi & Stauffer 2020). Continual use of the addictive substance causes the addict’s body to develop a tolerance as it adjusts to the addition of the substance (Sternberg, et al., 2020). Once tolerance for a substance is reached, an increase in substance is needed to reach the levels of euphoria associated with it, and abstinence from the substance may cause unpleasant withdrawal symptoms that can even be life-threatening in some cases. Understanding addiction to be a brain disease that causes dependence or an irresistible urge, despite consequences, helps explain long-term cravings that cause relapse in addicts. With the compulsive use of substances, the brain is physically damaged and drug cues may be an influence that has implications for relapse, therefore recovery must start in the retraining of an addict’s mind (Capuzzi & Stauffer 2020). Keeping in mind the brain circuitry alteration as a crucial part of addiction can assist counselors in understanding an addict’s behavior better. Having this information also allows counselors to display the empathy needed to properly treat the addict that simply cannot just quit or stop using a substance. Addiction to a substance is a complex matter that has multiple factors associated with it, therefore counselors should be mindful of all the aspects addiction presents to the addicted individual.   3.The physiological process that takes place in the brain can be very complex. Neurotransmitters such as dopamine and GABA, which are responsible for generating feelings of euphoria and pleasure are inhibited from being eliminated from the brain, which causes a saturation of these pleasure chemicals in the brain. (Baler, R. 2019) After the individual stops taking the substance responsible for this action, the individual will start to experience withdrawal symptoms that can range from uncomfortable to life threatening in some situations. In an attempt to stop the withdrawal symptoms the individual must consume more and more of the substance in order to just keep from becoming sick, this is called tolerance. Once tolerance is achieved, it becomes more and more difficult to get the initial feeling of euphoria that was experienced in the beginning.Social SciencePsychology