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  1. D iscussion

Choose the best answer below:

  1. In the club one Sunday afternoon

  1. the writer’s friend started a fight.

  2. the writer started a fight.

  3. it is not clear who started the fight.

  1. The writer

  1. knew he could stop drinking by himself.

  2. asked someone to help him stop drinking.

  3. met someone from Alcoholics Anonymous.

Why do you think that such a successful sports person became an alcoholic?

  1. V ocabulary 1

alcoholic

addiction

addictive

addict

addicted

alcohol

alcoholism

Use these words to complete the sentences:
  1. A surprising number of people are ….. to gambling.

  2. He checked into a clinic to try to get over his drug …. .

  3. I’ve never met anyone who is actually a drug …. .

  4. Both heroin and crack cocaine are extremely … substances.

  5. She realized he was an … when he started drinking at breakfast time.

  6. The problem got so had he started hiding … around the house.

  7. Overcoming … is a daily process. It means saying “no” to drink every day for the rest if our life.

  1. V ocabulary 2

Use the correct form of these expressions to complete the sentences below:

seek professional help

get withdrawal symptoms

kick the habit

have a drink problem

take an overdose

  1. I think my boss ………………………………. .

You can smell alcohol on his breath first thing in the morning.

  1. She died after accidentally …………… of sleeping pills.

  2. A lot of people want to give up smoking, but it’s very difficult to ………….. .

  3. When he wasn’t able to get hold of any drugs for a few days, he started to …………. .

  4. When he realized he was addicted to alcohol, he decided to …………… .

7 . Discussions

Discuss these questions in pairs:

  1. What is the difference between a habit and an addiction?

  2. Look again at the list you made earlier. Are some types of addiction more socially acceptable than others? If so, which types and why do you think this is so?

  3. Are the following addictions really possible? Are they dangerous in any way?

  1. Do you feel that there are certain types of personality who are more likely to become addicts?

  2. What would you do if you found out that your friend had a serious addiction problem, but was doing nothing about it?

8 . Discussion

Discuss these questions with a partner:

  1. Do you have any habits which you consider bad habits?

  2. Do you have any old habits that you can’t give up?

  3. Did you use to have a bad habit that you’ve given up? How did you do it?

  4. Are there any bad habits in other people that really annoy you?

9 . Reading

Read about these people with unusually anti-social habits and answer the questions below. Which one is the strangest? What do they all have in common?