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Why did Gaylon (not her real name) wish she never accepted the casinos invitation to dinner? This housewife believes if she didn't go she never would have become addicted to gambling - an addiction that ruined her life. Gaylon turned to prostitution, drove her ....

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.... two Latin words ad dictum. Ad dictum means "to the dictator". When people were captured and sent into slavery, they were sent ad dictum. This idea of enslavement is mirrored by the addict's need to maintain the addiction (. Before we can understand why addiction is the number one social and health problem in the United States, a definition of addiction needs to be established (Experience 12). It is important to remember no one thing can explain addiction. Factors include personalities, culture, environments, substances and behaviors (Rodgers 5). The definition of addiction varies depending on who is being asked. A sociologist may say addictio ....