Essence of Passages - 2
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Directions: The passage given below is followed by four alternative summaries. Choose the option that best captures the essence of the passage. Key in the number of the option you choose as your answer.
Many addictions aim to increase arousal. This is the all-powerful feeling that might come from cocaine, amphetamines, the first few drinks of alcohol, shoplifting, sexual acting out, videogames, or gambling. This omnipotent feeling, however, is eventually undermined when the addict realizes that a dependency has been formed. A feeling of fear replaces the feeling of being all powerful – fear of losing the source of addiction and fear that others will find out how powerless the person actually is. Negative experiences always accompany the positive feelings the addict is seeking.
- An addict’s intention is only stimulation and not dependency.
- The falseness in the potency of some substances and activities reflects on an addict.
- An addict’s dependency is derived from his misunderstanding of the hidden potential of an addictive substance.
- The potentate is eventually enfeebled by indulgence in addictive substances or activities.