recently, within the last 20 years, has addiction been recognized as an illness

requiring intense treatment and therapy. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr.

Hyde , written by Robert Louis Stevenson, would be read today as an analysis of

addiction. The behaviors examined in the story convey the psychological and

physical affects associated with addiction such as, reasons for use, the

transformation of Dr. Jekyll as the drug begins to take hold, the loss of control

and other symptoms linked to addiction. As this story unfolds, it details

numerous examples of these addictive behaviors that are well know today but

were not understood during the time the story takes place. In the story, Dr.

Jekyll, a well respected, intelligent scientist, becomes tormented by what he sees

as two personalities fighting for dominance within him, however in reality it is a

Although the reasons for drug use are wide and varied, through out time

there have been many number of scientists who have fallen victims to their own

mind altering "potions" in the name of science. Dr. Timothy Leary the creator of

streets in the same divided ecstasy of mind, gloating on my crime, light-headedly

plod in the public eye with a load of genial respectability and in a moment....

well as two appearances, one was wholly evil and the other was still the old

assumes that he can control the use and effects of the intoxicating substance he

to the psychological effects there are also physical side affects Jekyll describes

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