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"Addictions" Articles
 

  • What I Learned From Drug Rehabilitation - One of the hardest but most redemptive seasons of my life happened when I spent fourteen months in a drug rehabilitation center. In all my years of writing, I have never written about this experience that has so distinctly shaped my life. Of course, I never would have dreamed that over a year of my life during my mid-twenties would be spent in drug rehabilitation, but it happened. I began doing drugs in junior high school, mostly I guess do to the typical amount of peer pressure that most teens get from their friends.
  • Addiction Retreats - Addiction is a brutal development regardless of the vice. Addiction retreats offer unique treatment programs that are helping addicts recover. Addiction Retreats A new weapon in the battle against addiction has emerged recently. Instead of just working through a 12-step program, or being helped medically, a number of people who are having problems with addiction have chosen a different route. Addiction retreats have popped up in several areas of the United States, taking a new approach to helping those who have addictions to substances and other addictive behaviors.
  • Top Drug Rehab Principles - The basic principles of the drug addiction treatment start from considering each case a particular and individualized expression of the medical condition. Based on this fact, the specialized doctors build a complex treatment that includes each patient's individual needs and problems, in order to succeed the reintegration in the healthy and normal life of the society. Even more, the drug addiction is not a unidirectional condition, as it concerns multiple medical, affective, social, personal, and legal problems. The second most important principle when discussing drug addictions is the flexibility of the therapy. This implies changing the therapy, medicaments and alternative methods, regarding the patient's evolution, problems and difficulties that might occur during rehabilitation.
  • Addictions - Nicotine - Nature Made It - Nicotine is found naturally in plants, such as tobacco, potato, eggplant and tomatoes. It is also a poison that is included in various insecticides. Nicotine can act as a stimulant and a depressant; the form it takes, depends on the mood of the user and the circumstances surrounding its use. Nicotine can be absorbed through most of the body's membranes. Tobacco showed up in the Western part of the world around the 16th century. Even Columbus noticed that the Native Americans smoked a lot of tobacco. Europeans got their taste of tobacco during the mid 16th century. They thought that tobacco had the power to cure ailments.
  • Stopping The Drug And Alcohol Temptations - The addiciton to drugs and painkillers has received more publicity after Rush Limbaugh spent a month in rehab for an addiction to painkillers. Celebrities such as Whitney Houston and Faith Evans also were in the news for drug rehabilitation treatment. Studies at the University of Buffalo have shown that those who fall into addictions often suffer from a tendency for self-blame and shame and this may lead someone towards drugs and alcohol as a way to cope. Look at your own tendences for shame if you are yourself inclined towards drugs and alcohol.
  • Cocaine Addiction - Overcoming the Powder - Cocaine is a powerful stimulant with highly addictive properties that effect the brain directly. Cocaine is usually found in a white, crystalline powder, known as coke, blow, snow and other street names.
  • Four Steps of the Gambling Addiction - Gambling addictions are no longer unheard of - they are believed to be rising now more than ever due to the increasing opportunities to gamble. There are more casinos, sports betting and slot machines than ever before.
  • Gambling Addiction: Signs and Severity - Understanding the Signs and the Severity Gambling addictions are believed to be rising due to the increasing opportunities to gamble and the glamorizing of games such as poker and roulette on television. There are more casinos, sports betting and slot machines than ever before. There is also telephone betting and more gambling on the internet. However, gambling can become a serious problem and often leads to financial and relationship ruin.
  • Food Addiction - No Control - This article explains a few things about Food Addiction, and if you're interested, then this is worth reading, because you can never tell what you don't know.
  • Dying Addict Finds Crystal Meth Treatment - Today's society is oppressed with several urging issues, yet the drug addiction problem and the substantially increasing abuse of crystal meth fails to rank as a major concern. Although the general perception of an individual who is afflicted with a drug addiction is one of disdain and of worthlessness, they still deserve to be cared for.
  • Out-of-Control Habits - Today, addiction and compulsive behavior of all kinds seem rampant. Many people are concerned not only with losing control over their use of alcohol and drugs, but over food, smoking, gambling, and even shopping. But what is the nature of addiction, and how do we explain its hold over certain individuals? Smoking-related illnesses, for example, kill more than 100 people a day in Canada, yet though warned of the hazards of smoking, nicotine addicts are frequently unable to kick the habit - despite numerous attempts.
  • Gambling addiction: Hypnosis Can Help You Break Free - First we have to know what is addiction. It is a big issue in present era and most of people are suffering from it. An addiction is nothing but only a psychological craze or dependence towards anything specially any activity. Addiction occurs when someone fails his or her control and continuously by any mean that activity is making some harmful effect to him or her. Accordingly it can take place in anything like drugs, alcohols, food, and sex and when it comes to gambling field; it becomes really a serious issue among the gamblers. Unlike any other type of addiction this addiction is hard to identify.
  • Abuse Substance Treatment Program Review - In today's world, it seems that almost any topic is open for debate. While I was gathering facts for this article, I was quite surprised to find some of the issues I thought were settled are actually still being openly discussed. One of the key debates that has been staged in the substance abuse treatment literature is how to define an effective program.
  • Addictions - Video Games - For those of you who have taken a look at the title of this article and are now sitting in front of your computer screen scratching your head wondering if this is for real or just a bad joke, you can stop wondering. Video games are indeed addictive and a study has proven this.
  • Addictions - Work - We all kid around about somebody being a workaholic. The truth is, being a workaholic is nothing to joke about and is a very serious addiction. Addiction to work, while still something that affects people with addictive personalities, has different underlying causes than your typical addiction, which is why work addiction isn't taken as seriously as other addictions, resulting in fewer support groups and treatment.
  • Addictions - Television - Television addicts are a relatively new breed, especially since television itself has only been around for about 50 years, nowhere near as long as alcohol, tobacco and drugs.
  • Addictions - Food - Most of us love to eat. Let's face it, some foods taste really good and we all have our favorites. But most of us know when to stop, especially when we feel a little full. Certainly those of us who want to fit into that skimpy bikini come summer don't want to put on too many pounds. Unfortunately, there are those of us who don't have that kind of control.
  • Addictions - The Fallout - As bad as an addiction is for the person suffering, in many cases the effects on the addict's loved ones and even to society in general are serious and potentially life threatening themselves. Naturally, the fallout from each particular type of addiction is going to be different. Some consequences are worse than others.
  • Overview of Drug and Alcohol Addictions - What exactly is addiction? Addiction is defined as a physiological dependence on something and its effects are both psychological and physical. An addicted person truly needs to constantly feed their addiction. Most people who are addicted to something don't realize they have a problem.
  • Drug Prevention: Knowing the Real Facts - Stop it before it starts! Drugs are a major problem in today's society, however it would be clear carelessness to simply sit back and hope for the best. Effective measures have to be taken to counter the growing interest in drugs and their treacherous effects. Drug prevention increases awareness; a first step to recognizing how drugs aren't all about party and fun. A quick fact about drugs: they are all toxic substances. By letting misinterpretations and lack of knowledge roam around our communities, we allow the drugs to make their way and settle themselves in the lives of those around us.
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