Category Archives: Addiction

Think Positive, Achieve Results

Posted on August 18, 2011 by admin

Three parts of this positivity approach are especially useful for understanding drug and alcohol treatment. The first part involves discovering a person’s basic need to pursue an ideal lifestyle. The second involves meeting other essential needs and then pursuing an … Continue reading →

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Fixing the Holes with Drugs or Alcohol

Posted on August 11, 2011 by admin

Sometimes a person believes, incorrectly, that it is impossible to meet the many demands of life. These incorrect beliefs about their needs may lead them to use drugs or alcohol instead. So beliefs can have devastating effects, especially when those … Continue reading →

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Family and Addiction

Posted on August 9, 2011 by admin

Family members can enable drug use. Enabling means a family member allows drug use by helping the user with whatever they need and overindulging the user with love and affection. Although this seems harmless, these behaviors actually hinder a recovery … Continue reading →

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Unlearning Bad Habits

Posted on August 3, 2011 by admin

Because drug and alcohol use can be equated to learned behavior to deal with other problems, these behaviors can be unlearned. This supports the idea that there is an opportunity for dependent persons to change and achieve a lifestyle that … Continue reading →

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The Underlying Causes of Addiction

Posted on July 15, 2011 by admin

The abuse of and eventual dependency on drugs and alcohol is merely a mechanism to cope with physical, mental, or emotional pain.  In order to stop your addiction, you must first find the underlying causes of your behaviors and why … Continue reading →

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Cocaine Addiction and Brian Chemistry

Posted on July 13, 2011 by admin

Repeated use of dangerous and addictive stimulant drugs, such as cocaine, often causes a powerful physical and mental dependency that can be difficult to overcome without attending an inpatient rehab program. Recently, a new study has found that stimulant drugs … Continue reading →

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Are You Addicted to Food?

Posted on July 12, 2011 by admin

Food addiction is a condition that many people find difficult to understand.  Many people have unhealthy eating habits and difficulties with food, but it can be tricky to determine whether an individual merely struggles with eating, or whether they are … Continue reading →

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Worldwide Drug Abuse

Posted on July 11, 2011 by admin

Many of the articles we read and the studies we observe are discussing drug and alcohol abuse in the United States.  However, drug and alcohol abuse is a problem that is occurring all around the world, and has been an … Continue reading →

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Increased Drug Use Among Teens

Posted on July 10, 2011 by admin

Numerous studies indicate an alarming trend of drug abuse increasing amongst younger and younger individuals.  Certain social problems amongst younger populations have been decreasing and improving, however, drug and alcohol abuse remains prevalent and hard to control.  In an annual … Continue reading →

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Exercise as a Key to Recovery

Posted on July 9, 2011 by admin

Exercise is a very crucial component for an individual recovering from any sort of alcohol or drug abuse.  Years of dependency on drugs and alcohol severely diminish your physical state and health, often leading to gaining of fat, loss of … Continue reading →

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