Drug abuse, normally leads to addiction because of its attack on the brain. Your brain then becomes familiar to the feeling the drug brings when you've misused it. So when you try to stop, and you...
Drug abuse is when drug taking affects your daily life such as school or work. Drug addiction is when you physically and mentally crave your drug of choice. The two often go together, but not always.
People usually develop drug or alcohol addictions because they are unhappy, and are self-medicating to feel better. This is especially common among people with psychiatric disorders such as clinical...