It's seven o"clock in the morning, the day after Thanksgiving. Macy's department store is having their biggest women's sale of the year; everything is either half off or more of the regular price. The lines outside the store are jammed packed and continue all the way down until the other end of the mall. Thousands of women can't wait to get their first pick of all the clothing, shoes, and accessories which are on sale. One hour later the doors finally open, the women take off pushing each other and yelling at each other, just to get in and shop for the best bargains that only come once a year. .
As a young women of that nature, I must admit that I too would probably be there waiting in those crowds to go shopping for those bargain. I hate to admit it but I am an "addictive shopper". As an addictive shopper, I truly do know the ups and downs of a sale like that big and popular. It's not easy at all getting through those crowds to get a good price on a dress you like or a pair of shoes you've just been dying for; some women even get bruised and injured just trying to get that dress and lousy pair of shoes they want so badly. That is a major risk many women choose to take themselves in the long run, because of their love and desire of shopping.
Thousands and thousands of women today are considered to be victims of the "shop-aholic" syndrome, in which researchers would categorize as "addicted" to shopping. We assumed that of course women are considered to be the shopaholics, since the majority of shoppers in America are women as well. When one walks into a mall the first store besides a department store they would probably see is a young woman's or an older woman's "knock-off" or lower brand clothing store, which has only woman's clothing as well as women's accessories and shoes. Once in a blue moon would a person see a man's "knock-off" or lower brand clothing store.
ADDICTIVE SHOPPER Do you want to know if you are an addictive shopper? Many shoppers use retail therapy as a way of enjoying themselves, but the addictive shopper is out of control. ... Other addictive shoppers use shopping to fight their depression and anger. ... Addictive shoppers are shopoholics that are out of control. ... According to research on the Internet, sixty percent of the shopping addicts are women. ...
The Harm of the TV Addiction In the article "TV Addiction" Marie Winn reflects only one side of the people's problem who are addictive to TV- waste of time. ... Half of the American women suffer from depression because of their appearance and weight. ... According to Marie Winn , people who are addictive to TV do not have time to communicate and talk, but I would say that it is not about time. ... I think that TV addictives are people of lower social class, people who are not educated and who do not have interest in anything else but TV. It is very painful for me to realize from the...
In fact, so addictive are these opiate-based pain medications that despite fully understanding the medications' addictive nature, ten percent of physicians are themselves dependent on the very drugs they prescribe, according to the Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors (CORD) (Waismann, 2007). ... Doctors are more likely to dish out more prescriptions to the white collar and high profile patients where doctor shopping is nothing more than just finding the "right- doctor. ... In fact, so addictive are these opiate-based pain medications that despite fully understanding the...
Public places are beaches, cafes, restaurants, raves, discos, toilets, stadiums, cinemas, work, street, shops schools and vehicles. ... About 46% of all males in the general world population smoke while less than 30% of women do. ... Developing countries are now smoking as much as developed countries. 41% of men and 21% of women regularly smoke cigarettes in developed countries while 50% of men and 8% of women smoke in developing countries. ... After a person starts smoking regularly, he is very likely to smoke for the rest of his life due to the addictive substances in cigarettes. Nicotin...
Nicotine in tobacco smoke is extremely addictive. ... Despite its addictive nicotinic effect, every cigarette pumps 10 to 20 mg of carbon monoxide into your lungs. ... Smoking is mostly dangerous to Pregnant women, the haemoglobin in their body that contains carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide enters their baby's defenceless body and causes severe damage to them and increases their chance of getting lung cancer and other heart diseases, when they are brought up. Smoking does not only do damage to you but to other people as well in most public places, especially in busy transports, cinem...
If one does not have time to go shopping for Christmas there are millions of online stores for any type of gift; there are even online grocery stores. ... Sex on the Internet can also become nearly addictive; "Sex is the most-searched word online"(Swartz 1). In a large poll, researchers found that men look mostly at pornographic pictures, while women engage in steamy chat sessions (Swartz). ...
If one does not have time to go shopping for Christmas there are millions of online stores for any type of gift; there are even online grocery stores. ... Sex on the Internet can also become nearly addictive; "Sex is the most-searched word online"(Swartz 1). In a large poll, researchers found that men look mostly at pornographic pictures, while women engage in steamy chat sessions (Swartz). ...
However, a man named William Randolph, a popular journalist in America around 1930, began to write articles about "lazy Mexican marijuana smokers raping women and children after smoking the drug" (brief). ... First off, people say that marijuana is an addictive drug. ... Marijuana is also, for the most part, a non-addictive drug. ... The Rotterdam Police Department superintendent in Amsterdam says; "when there are no coffee shops" (a place where people go to buy marijuana) "they [kids] will go to the illegal houses, where the dealer says, "OK, you want to have marijuana. ...
The surgeon general's warning label on tobacco packaging gradually made people aware of the addictive nature of nicotine. ... The addictive nature of prescription drugs such as diazepam (Valium) became known, and caffeine came under examination as well. ... Some people shop until they find a doctor who freely writes prescriptions; supplies are sometimes stolen from laboratories, clinics, or hospitals. ... It also decreases hunger, inhibits the cough reflex, produces constipation, and usually reduces the sex drive; in women it may interfere with the menstrual cycle. Morphine is...
