How addiction affects people

RSHE (PSHE)

What is addiction?

Addiction to specific drugs

Consequences of addiction

Seeking help for addiction

Alcohol dependency

Limiting alcohol intake

Drugs and alcohol: Addiction and alcohol dependency

What am I? The state of being tied to a habit or practice to such an extent that its cessation causes severe withdrawal symptoms.

People who are withdrawing from an addiction fantasise about using alcohol and drugs or behaviours to relieve the uncomfortable symptoms of withdrawal?

Continued use causes the brain to change over time, and they forget they quit their addiction.

Continued use causes the brain to change over time, making self-control to resist the addiction harder.

They decide they do not want to quit their addiction.

What is a reason that people who are in recovery from an addiction relapse?

One symptoms of addiction is needing to use more of the drug over time.

Experimenting, addiction, withdrawal, using.

Experimenting, building a tolerance, dependence, addiction.

Using, building a tolerance, dependence, withdrawal.

When a person has an addiction, and they stop taking the substance or engaging in the behaviour, they may experience certain symptoms. Which one is not a symptom of withdrawal?

What effect does nicotine from cigarettes have on the body?

This lesson will be removed by the end of the Spring Term 2026.

How addiction affects people

Lesson outcome

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This lesson will be removed by the end of the Spring Term 2026.