The simplest model to describe the alcoholic behavior can be the structure of three basic parameters. Firstly, even the oral consumption of this substance is a very complex process that can’t be confined to inborn or acquired reflex. It’s always volitional behavior . Of course, it isn’t that will in its philosophical understanding that we’ll describe further. A very simple example of volitional behavior is deliberate breath-holding, which is a disruption of the reflex basis of this function of the body. And the reasons behind the holding of breath can be different. We may hold it as a part of a long-term plan or just for an up-to-the-minute wish with unclear reasons. The second and the third elements of this basic structure of the addictive behavior may be two categories usually viewed as opposites: consummatory and appetitive behavior. This new combination is relevant not only to the basic characteristics of humans, but also of many other higher animals. Let’s see these opposites at the example of the human and the alcohol. The desire to drink (not necessarily addictive) can be viewed as a trigger of the appetitive behavior. Like a predator going to hunt a person has to do some complex actions. Find money, go to a bar, order a liquor, and finally it’s followed by its consummatory stage the consumption of the alcohol. But unlike the desire to eat or to drink some water that a human like any animal will try to satisfy one way or another, the desire to drink alcohol is a more complex thing. When no addiction intentions are involved the lack of money or free time can be significant factors of suppressing the appetite to alcohol and the hunt for it may stop before its beginning. On the other hand, a bottle in the home bar that could be drunk almost without any further ado nearly never stimulates consummatory behavior.
The Addiction Philosophy Map
Consummatory and appetitive drinking behavior
The simplest model to describe the alcoholic behavior can be the structure of three basic parameters. Firstly, even the oral consumption of this substance is a very complex process that can’t be confined to inborn or acquired reflex. It’s always volitional behavior . Of course, it isn’t that will in its philosophical understanding that we’ll describe further. A very simple example of volitional behavior is deliberate breath-holding, which is a disruption of the reflex basis of this function of the body. And the reasons behind the holding of breath can be different. We may hold it as a part of a long-term plan or just for an up-to-the-minute wish with unclear reasons. The second and the third elements of this basic structure of the addictive behavior may be two categories usually viewed as opposites: consummatory and appetitive behavior. This new combination is relevant not only to the basic characteristics of humans, but also of many other higher animals. Let’s see these opposites at the example of the human and the alcohol. The desire to drink (not necessarily addictive) can be viewed as a trigger of the appetitive behavior. Like a predator going to hunt a person has to do some complex actions. Find money, go to a bar, order a liquor, and finally it’s followed by its consummatory stage the consumption of the alcohol. But unlike the desire to eat or to drink some water that a human like any animal will try to satisfy one way or another, the desire to drink alcohol is a more complex thing. When no addiction intentions are involved the lack of money or free time can be significant factors of suppressing the appetite to alcohol and the hunt for it may stop before its beginning. On the other hand, a bottle in the home bar that could be drunk almost without any further ado nearly never stimulates consummatory behavior.