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Question 1: Read the following three examples of substance users. Then, using the definitions of addiction that you learned about in Chapter 1, along with the criteria that are used to define "substance use disorder" in the DSM-5 (from pages 6-7 in eText), please analyze each case.
For each example, answer the question-do you think the person is addicted? (or at risk for addiction?) Why or why not?

siggy is a 45-year-old woman from Boston, MA. She is unemployed and her major pastime is drinking. She drinks five to six beers per day, but does not drink to the point of getting drunk.

Xavier has diabetes and takes insulin every day. If he does not, he would become very ill. He lives in Albuquerque, NM.

Fran is a survivor of child sexual abuse. She has flashbacks and panic attacks on occasion but uses Valium to help her deal with the pain. She lives in a rural area of Idaho.

Question 2: How do you define the word "addicted"?

Question 3: Please summarize the strengths-perspective and how it differs from traditional approaches to addiction (that often focus on loss and weaknesses).