Addiction Touches the Entire Family

Posted by summerbanks: 2008-12-14 20:35:35

When it comes to addiction, the troubles reach far beyond the person that is addicted. The family surrounding that addict is also affected with stress, anxiety and anger. It is often the family that is there to support the addict when the time comes to heal or the family that is there to bury the addict if healing never begins. The biggest troubles are often those surrounding the addict that does not see their situation as a problem.

What Can The Family Do to Help?

The family of the addict needs to keep both their distance and support the addict when the time is right. The rules surrounding ... more

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Addiction and Dependence

Posted by summerbanks: 2008-11-26 23:06:06

Addiction can be aptly defined as the physical, mental and psychological overdependence on something for the full function on the body. Such could be drugs, alcoholism, eating, gambling or a specific lifestyle.

Substance Addiction

This refers to the compulsive and uncontrollable use of drugs. This ranges from sedative drugs, alcohol or tranquilizers to a range of hard drugs like cocaine, heroine and marijuana. The addiction habit includes intense craving for the product, which leads to its constant use. Any attempt to stop is usually countered by unpleasant bodily reactions. While a ... more

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Being Addicted to Sadness

Posted by summerbanks: 2008-11-20 23:17:38

Why is it that people allow themselves to be addicted to sadness? My mother committed suicide a year ago, Christmas and my family has been lost for the last 12 months. With the first anniversary of her death almost upon us, yes, I feel sad too. But where does the sadness of death end and the sadness of addiction begin.

There are many people who are addicted to sadness and other feelings. These addictions are some of the most dangerous because of the power of the human mind. Sadness can convince a person to die, believe me, I know. And, breaking the addiction can sometimes be harder than a ... more

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Can the Brain Predict Addiction?

Posted by Blithe: 2008-10-27 10:35:27

A new study in neurology is hoping to place a link between abnormal brain function and addiction. In the study an MRI was used to look for any abnormalities in the part of the brain that makes decisions.

Researchers are hoping a link between brain function and dependency on tobacco, heroin, marijuana and alcohol will lead researchers to new and better treatment options.

The researchers found a link between brain function and addiction and it seems that the younger the individual is when they begin using an addictive substance the more likely they are to become addicted.

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Can the Smell of Smoke Lead Quitters to Regain the Habit?

Posted by Blithe: 2008-10-27 10:34:46

According to the November issue of Addiction Magazine, people who have quit smoking are no more likely to regain the habit of smoking by smelling another person's smoke and those who never smoked.

Researchers tested people who quit smoking by alluring them with the smell of cigarette smoke. In the study people found the smoke appealing were no more likely to start smoking again than those who did not find the smoke appealing.

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THE LATEST ABOUT ADDICTION

Posted by Yvonne: 2008-10-16 22:26:17

The word addiction is connected with the word obsession—since an addict individual is much attached to a particular thing that he must do or be with it as often as he can, just like obsession. As everyone says that anything that comes with a large amount is bad for our health. Yes, it is definitely true.

Basically, there are various types of addiction. Some of it is not that “bad”, like addiction in chocolates, but the following are the most common that alarms every person in the world:

Drug addiction
Alcoholism
Chain smoking
Sex addiction
Gambling addiction

The effects ... more

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Overcoming a Common Addiction

Posted by Blithe: 2008-10-13 21:03:31

We all have heard about or know somebody grappling with an addiction, characterized as having a pathological relationship with a substance or event notwithstanding the negative or adverse consequences. Alcohol and drug abuse count among the most common difficulties faced by a growing number of men and women in modern society.

Other forms of addiction that may be dismissed as trivial are those directed at food, shopping and persons attracted to. Sex addiction is a type that that does not seem to be regarded as serious because of its very nature or tendency to be mistaken for lust.

Another ... more

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Dealing With an Addiction to Plastic Surgery

Posted by Blithe: 2008-09-05 23:04:12

There are people in the world who are addicted to more than drugs or alcohol. These people feel the need to change their outward appearance to make themselves more “beautiful”. The addiction is to plastic surgery and it can leave those addicted with a face they will never love again.

Plastic surgery slowly destroys the facial tissue. The more the connective tissue is cut and the more healing that takes place, the less the face will be able to be adjusted. Over time, the scar tissue builds up and the face becomes overly taught.

An addiction to plastic surgery is just as harmful on the ... more

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“Hunger Winter” Babies More Likely to Be Addicts

Posted by Yvonne: 2008-08-31 19:16:27

Between the year 1944 and 1945 the Dutch were under famine dubbed “Hunger Winter”. The reminiscences were far reaching and it became even disastrous particularly to the expectant mothers who were in their first months of pregnancy. The impact on the fetus was a retarded maturation and brain malformation and development.

The genesis of the hunger was the Germans’ ban on the Dutch at that time. It resulted to the daily basic calories consumption of 1400 Ibs among the populace. At the climax of the famine, there was a recorded deterioration of this calories expenditure to only 1000 Ibs. ... more

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Girls More Likely to Abuse Drugs, Alcohol and Tobacco

Posted by Blithe: 2008-07-26 16:01:16

It has been a known fact known for a very long time that teens were surrendering their bodies to drugs, alcohol and tobacco. Although parents are taught to begin talking to their children about drugs and their effects on their bodies early in their life and far into their teens and beyond, girls are not getting the message. This is according to a latest report in the Washington Post that girls seem more likely to experiment with drugs, alcohol and tobacco than boys of the same age groups.


In the post was a survey done in 2006 showing girls to be just as likely or eventually more likely ... more

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