USTC360 No26 Paul’s Story
USTC360 No26 Paul’s story – Our feature story today is about Paul Sanguesa’s remarkable journey of moving on from his past in abusing alcohol and drugs. We have a special guest with us today. This is Peter Lin, a psychologist. So, Peter, according to the National Institute on Drugs, addiction is a chronic brain disease, how does it affect brain function? Peter: That’s a very good question, thank you for asking. I think it’s very important for people to understand that psychological disorder, one of the common one is actually drug addiction or alcohol abuse. The definition of addiction is really dependence, either psychological or physical dependence. And when people depend on something they develop a tolerance and they also have withdrawal symptoms. Statistic show that about 15 percent of our population can actually develop alcohol abuse and about 6 percent can develop drug abuse. So this is a very common problem that we are facing today. Ginger: Having said this, let’s go take a look at Paul’s story. In our next segment, Footprints, we meet Aiqun Mi, who was at one time a heavy – drinker, smoker and gambler before she became a Tzu Chi volunteer. Ms. Mi had felt emptiness in her heart when she lost her parents at a young age. However when she met Master Cheng Yen, the void in her heart went away because Ms. Mi felt that she finally found the long-lost mother she had lost.
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