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Coming Out of Our Comfort Zones: Recovery From Addiction - by Candace Plattor- Giving Yourself An "Internal Makeover" - by Submitted on Apr 26, 2008 from Carl-Peter LehmannThe reason I believe a lot of people are unsuccessful in recovering from an addiction, whether it be alcoholism or drug addiction, is that too often the symptoms, rather than the causes of the addiction are being treated. What's a symptom? You're feeling depressed, anxious, paranoid, generally ...
Views: 2591 - Drug Addiction Recovery: Believe You Can! - by Submitted on Apr 25, 2008 from Holly WilsonDoes anyone say as a child they would like to grow up to be an addict one day? No one wants that type of life but millions of people find themselves struggling with addiction every day. It's a devastating condition that wreaks havoc on families and people from all walks of life. It's not just ...
Views: 769 - Overcoming Addiction: You Have Hope - by Submitted on Apr 19, 2008 from Holly WilsonAddiction is a devastating condition that no one wants to find themselves dealing with. Who says as a child that when they grow up they want to be an addict? It sneaks up on you before you know it and can wreak havoc on your life and that of your loved ones. It can seem hopeless when you ...
Views: 1658(1 vote) - A Theory Of Addiction Relapse Prevention - by Submitted on Apr 16, 2008 from William BerryWhen I first decided to write an article about relapse prevention, I felt anxious about what to include or exclude. I initially thought about all the material I have on relapse prevention, and how I could integrate it into one article. The truth is, I consider everything I do in treatment as ...
Views: 4280 - What Is Your Authentic Path? - by Submitted on Apr 14, 2008 from Ghislaine MahlerDo not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson In the past, many of us were following down a path, that of self-destruction. Before I started my recovery, I was the kind of person who didn't know where to go. I was insecure and ...
Views: 723 - Alarming Drug Abuse Statistics - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2008 from Marshall KettleAs we are all aware, doping activity has really picked up pace since it has gotten the media and celebrities involved. This has become a major reason to worry for almost every parent. Among the most vulnerable class are teenagers, who are trying to fit in and be cool.. They are following in the ...
Views: 1243 - Codeine And Promethazine Addiction - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2008 from John LeeCough syzurup For some people, getting high is an endless experimental pursuit and in the past few years, the powerful narcotic effect of a certain kind of cough syrup was discovered. Starting in Houston and spreading from there, cough syrup containing Codeine and Promethazine was taken up ...
Views: 5603 - What Is A Chemical Addiction? - by Submitted on Apr 09, 2008 from Fiona VanwinkleA drug addiction is a compulsive disorder. Addiction can be of varied kinds, namely drugs, alcohol, gambling, spending, smoking, sex, eating or any other behavior. A person hit by this is often unsatisfied and restless. Drug addiction in layman’s terms would be dependence on chemicals or ...
Views: 1715 - The Importance Of "Mother Tongue" Language In Gambling Recovery - by Submitted on Apr 06, 2008 from Shawn JordanWhen a person becomes ill as a result of gambling too much their mind has become of their own design, in a manner that causes their addictive process of thinking to be triggered by gambling or as a result of thinking about gambling. “Addiction” is often thought of in a negative context – ...
Views: 2064 - How To Let Go Of Addictions - by Submitted on Aug 06, 2009 from Ryan RandolphDo you ever find yourself pushed by some invisible force to do something that you know is unhealthy? Perhaps you've been battling with this habit for a long time and have not found any reliable way to overcome it. You know what you should do but when you are in the moment, you can't help ...
Views: 3070 - Use Your Personal Power - by Submitted on Mar 28, 2008 from Ghislaine MahlerUnless you choose to do great things with it, it makes no difference how much power you have. - Oprah Winfrey For the past twenty years, Oprah has been a powerful role model for me. I am not unique; millions of men and women have been greatly inspired by her power and wisdom, her charisma and ...
Views: 708 - Change Your Self-Image for Greater Success - by Submitted on Mar 21, 2008 from Ghislaine MahlerChange Your Self-Image for Greater Success One of the key elements of living beyond recovery is to achieve more success in our life. Whether you focus on your career, your finances, your relationships, or other areas, does not matter. The bottom line is that in order to increase success you ...
Views: 1222 - *** Addiction & Recovery: Addiction, A Suitable Case For Treatment? - by Today most people take for granted that addiction is a condition that requires medical attention. However, it is only relatively recently that addiction has been treated by the medical profession at all. A hundred years ago addiction was not a term that many people would have recognized and, ...
Views: 951 - Myths About Drug Treatment - by Submitted on Nov 17, 2012 from Christopher LowryMyth #1: Drug addiction is voluntary behavior. A person starts out as an occasional drug user, and that is a voluntary decision. But as times passes, something happens, and that person goes from being a voluntary drug user to being a compulsive drug user. Why? Because over time, continued use ...
Views: 3004(4 votes) - What Do I Need Today? - by Submitted on Mar 06, 2008 from Jayne FerreiraThis article is to introduce the first part of a new Free Meditation Video Series on the Five Elements of Recovery. Part One Can Be Found Here; http://www.elementsofnurture.com/Click-Here-for-Meditation-Video-Series_ep_43.html WHAT DO I NEED TODAY? In the EARTH meditation we ask for ...
Views: 1266 - Dangers Of Alcohol - Save Your Life - by Submitted on Mar 05, 2008 from Peter samsDrunk driving is the leading cause of death for young adults, aged 15 to 24 years. In one study, an estimated 6% to 14% of drivers under 21 years of age who were stopped at roadside checkpoints had been drinking. This age-group makes up only one fifth of the licensed drivers in the United ...
Views: 1095 - Book Review: Treatment Planning for Person-Centered Care - by Submitted on Mar 05, 2008 from Stephanie OuelletteThis book review is part of a series that covers the topic of Addiction and Recovery. Addiction is a condition of being habitually or compulsively occupied with or involved in something. Recovery helps you restore yourself to a better state or condition. John McMahon is the Official Guide to ...
Views: 1165 - Book Review: 7 Tools to Beat Addiction - by Submitted on Mar 05, 2008 from Stephanie OuelletteThis book review is part of a series that covers the topic of Addiction and Recovery. Addiction is a condition of being habitually or compulsively occupied with or involved in something. Recovery helps you restore yourself to a better state or condition. John McMahon is the Official Guide to ...
Views: 2305 - Book Review: Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions - by Submitted on Mar 05, 2008 from Stephanie OuelletteThis book review is part of a series that covers the topic of Addiction and Recovery. Addiction is a condition of being habitually or compulsively occupied with or involved in something. Recovery helps you restore yourself to a better state or condition. John McMahon is the Official Guide to ...
Views: 1376 - Book Review: Freedom From Addiction - by Submitted on Mar 05, 2008 from Stephanie OuelletteThis book review is part of a series that covers the topic of Addiction and Recovery. Addiction is a condition of being habitually or compulsively occupied with or involved in something. Recovery helps you restore yourself to a better state or condition. John McMahon is the Official Guide to ...
Views: 1456 - Book Review: Love First - by Submitted on Mar 05, 2008 from Stephanie OuelletteThis book review is part of a series that covers the topic of Addiction and Recovery. Addiction is a condition of being habitually or compulsively occupied with or involved in something. Recovery helps you restore yourself to a better state or condition. John McMahon is the Official Guide to ...
Views: 970 - Warning Signs Of Problem Drinking - by Submitted on Mar 03, 2008 from Lauri Allison LaBadieDo you know these warning signs of problem drinking? Maybe you’re not sure if drinking is a problem in your family. Alcohol can be in our lives without it being a problem. But can you tell when it goes from “no problem” to “problem”? What’s the Cat in the Hat got to do with warning signs of ...
Views: 7558 - Risks Of Problem Drinking - by Submitted on Mar 03, 2008 from Lauri Allison LaBadieDo you know the levels of risk with problem drinking? Is it hard for you to tell when risky behavior becomes a problem? They say that if you place a frog in a pot of water and begin to heat the pot, the frog will boil to death without even realizing it. Conversely, if you throw a frog into a ...
Views: 1391 - Do You Need To Quit Gambling? - by Submitted on Mar 02, 2008 from Shawn JordanThere is a very fine line between problem gambling and gambling too much. The critical sign of problem gambling, is often hidden from awareness, with denial. Many gamblers typically do not know or realize they have a problem. "Admitting you have a problem, or may have a problem" is the ...
Views: 2902 - Definition: Addiction Treatment Center - by Submitted on Feb 27, 2008 from Stephanie OuelletteA residential treatment center, often referred to by the acronym RTC, is a live-in therapy/behavior modification facility for adolescents who suffer from a variety of emotional conditions, ranging from drug abuse to violence to sexual behavioral problems to video game addiction and disrespecting ...
Views: 1785 - Definition: Addiction Help - by Submitted on Feb 27, 2008 from Stephanie OuelletteAddiction was a term used to describe a devotion, attachment, dedication, inclination, etc. Nowadays, however, the term addiction is used to describe a recurring compulsion by an individual to engage in some specific activity, despite harmful consequences to the individual's health, mental state ...
Views: 1088 - Definition: Drug Addiction Help - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2008 from Stephanie OuelletteDrug rehabilitation (often drug rehab or just rehab) is an umbrella term for the processes of medical and/or psychotherapeutic treatment, for dependency on psychoactive substances such as alcohol, prescription drugs, and so-called street drugs such as cocaine, heroin or amphetamines. The general ...
Views: 1315 - Definition: Alcoholics Anonymous 12 Steps - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2008 from Stephanie OuelletteA twelve-step program is a set of guiding principles for recovery from addictive, compulsive, or other behavioral problems, originally developed by the fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) for recovery from alcoholism. The Twelve Steps were initially published in the first edition of ...
Views: 5359 - Definition: Drug Addiction Recovery - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2008 from Stephanie OuelletteDrug addiction is considered a pathological state. The disorder of addiction involves the progression of acute drug use to the development of drug-seeking behavior, the vulnerability to relapse, and the decreased, slowed ability to respond to naturally rewarding stimuli. The Diagnostic and ...
Views: 1584 - Tell Me Anything But Don't Tell Me To Stop Training - by Submitted on Feb 20, 2008 from Mitchell MilchAt the risk of offending my reading audience the title of this article drips with sarcasm to drive home a point. It’s probably no surprise to any of you men that as a group we have been reluctantly dragged by the tide of reformist movements that have revamped gender roles. ...
Views: 1337 - Compulsive Gambling, A Dangerous Addiction, With Dangerous Consequences - by Submitted on Feb 15, 2008 from Jocelyn EdwardsEndless hours spent at the casino, chasing bad money with good money, losing more and more, as you become more and more desperate. It can’t happen to you right? You only play the occasional game of poker, or throw a few dollars into a slot machine occasionally. There can be a fine line ...
Views: 2241 - Compulsive Gambling - More Than Just Greed - by Submitted on Feb 15, 2008 from Jocelyn EdwardsMost people think that people suffering from gambling problems have an addiction to money. Maybe they are just greedy right? Wrong, compulsive gambling has very little to do with money as most people think. Compulsive gambling is about a feeling that gambling produces for the individual. Just ...
Views: 3906 - International Drug Problem - An Easy Resolution - by Submitted on Aug 17, 2009 from Dr Jay PolmarSpeedread.org by Dr. Jay C. Polmar, contact: drjay@prodigy.net.mx Dec. 5, 2005 - Mexico City In a world gone crazy over the use of drugs, legal (pharmaceutical) and illegal (street drugs), a large problem faces governments attempting to control the flow of illegal drugs from the ...
Views: 1783 - A.A.'s Prince Of All Twelfth Steppers - by Submitted on Feb 11, 2008 from Richard Burns, J.D. (pen name Dick B.),What Is Our Real Purpose? Is A.A. a religion? Is it a medical treatment program? Bill Wilson cautioned AAs to remember that clergymen and physicians were the “experts”; and then cautioned that AAs were merely their assistants. Is A.A. today, then, still a Twelve-Step program where ...
Views: 1354 - Smoking Chokes Life Out Of Millions - by Submitted on Feb 08, 2008 from Jason WittWhen you receive the Seal you will quit smoking if you have not quit already and you still smoke. A new study shows tobacco use is increasing in developing countries and the "tobacco epidemic" is growing. You may not live in a developing country, but if you smoke you probably realize its ...
Views: 1062 - Where Feelings Fit In During Recovery - by Submitted on Feb 07, 2008 from Michael ZYOU HAVE TO FEEL TO HEAL. Before recovery, I would use just about anything not to feel. Drugs, alcohol, relationships, food, TV -- the list was endless. Without tools to deal with my feelings, I was uncomfortable and afraid of them, and they often became overwhelming. In early recovery my ...
Views: 1444 - How Do You Know When You've Hit Bottom? - by Submitted on Feb 07, 2008 from Michael ZWhen you stop digging. For years I was driven by an obsession to drink. In the beginning I tried to control it, but after a while it had complete control of me. Alcoholism took me to a deep emotional, spiritual and physical bottom, and only when I surrendered to this program did I begin to ...
Views: 1179 - Gambling Question Answered - by Submitted on Feb 02, 2008 from Stephen of the family Serva DeiApplied Meta-Physics: A Pathway to Freedom; Freedom from Ad-dictions. The Meta-Physician answers a gambling question Q. "When I gamble and win, I do not feel happy, and when I gamble and lose I get depressed for days, sometimes weeks. Why is this?" The important thing to know about gambling is ...
Views: 1170 - The Tragedy Of Heath Ledger - by Submitted on Jan 25, 2008 from Roslyn RandleOn Tuesday January 22, 2008, actor Heath Ledger was found dead in his SOHO New York apartment. Ledger, who was a rising star among Hollywood’s powerful A-list talent, was only 28 years old. Currently, there are somewhat conflicting stories on the death of this young man. Some say that Ledger ...
Views: 917 - The Britney Syndrome - by Submitted on Jan 25, 2008 from Francine LarsonOk. I just can’t quit thinking about Britney Spears. Just the idea of choosing addiction over having her own children seems surreal. But wait, Britney is not an evil person. As a matter of fact, she is also a victim of this terrible disease. This addiction has taken over her whole ...
Views: 1433 - Can Alcoholism Be Treated Successfully? - by Submitted on Jan 23, 2008 from Terje EllingsenAlcoholism is a disease that adversely effects nearly every part of society. Children and adults alike are suffering by the millions from this disease. One survey reported that half of teenagers said they had been given liquor by adult friends or adult family members. Over 100,000 deaths per ...
Views: 1026 - Worried By What You See In The Media About Tough Love Programs? Know The Facts. - by Submitted on Jan 21, 2008 from melissa leePeninsula Village wishes to speak about a serious issue that currently faces the adolescent treatment field and to share the Village perspective on that issue. Parents likely have heard that the U.S. House Committee on Education and Labor conducted a hearing in October on “tough ...
Views: 919 - Solutions To Dealing With Sociopathic Behavior - by Submitted on Jan 19, 2008 from Stacy Kamala WaltmanIn my previous article called, Living with a Narcissist, I wrote about my desire to provide people with solutions to pathological behavior like narcissism, sociopathic behavior and co-dependency issues. In my research on this subject, I ran across this helpful article from Snow Lions ...
Views: 2996(1 vote) - Affirmations For Quitting Alcohol Abuse - by Submitted on Jan 13, 2008 from Aileen SmithAffirmations 1. I have the STRENGTH to face and conquer alcohol. I AM STRONG! 2. I am fighting to get my life back. I HAVE COURAGE! 3. I REFUSE TO LIVE A LIE. ALCOHOL IS A LIE. I LIVE ONLY TRUTH! 4. I REFUSE to be dragged down by alcohol ever again. I retain my own power. I WILL NOT BE ABUSED OR ...
Views: 6395 - 5 Ways To Spot Inhalant Abuse - A Parent's Guide - by Submitted on Jan 03, 2008 from John LeeWhen people think of inhalant abuse (sniffing glue, gasoline, turpentine etc.) they generally tend to picture inner city homeless; poor souls already past the hope of help. But the reality of inhalant abuse is far different, and far scarier. 17 million Americans report having used inhalants at ...
Views: 1253 - The Big Lie - by Submitted on Jan 02, 2008 from Lisa Claudia BriggsIt's incredibly hard to find a way of being at peace with food. More than anything, the women and teens I talk with want to find a sense of peace, away from the relentless obsessions with food and weight. Have you had this happen? You find a way of eating, of being with food that feels good to ...
Views: 717 - The Neurobiology Of Emotions - by Submitted on Dec 20, 2007 from tian dayton“Despite that we’ve learned a lot about healthy exercise practices, healthy diets, and good medical care, the bottom line is that the most significant way of contributing to our own good health is through the quality of our thought processes. This power is a valuable gift, in light ...
Views: 1636 - "How Do You Know When You've Hit Bottom? When You Stop Digging." - by Submitted on Dec 20, 2007 from Michael ZFor years I was driven by an obsession to drink. In the beginning I tried to control it, but after a while it had complete control of me. Alcoholism took me to a deep emotional, spiritual and physical bottom, and only when I surrendered to this program did I begin to recover. In sobriety I've ...
Views: 1662 - 10 Signs You May Be Addicted To Painkillers - by Submitted on Dec 18, 2007 from Jesse CannoneEach year, more than 2 million Americans are given powerful prescription painkillers that contain opiods (sometimes called narcotics) for the relief of pain and discomfort brought on by injury, surgery, menstrual cramps, and even headaches. But a growing number of people taking these medications ...
Views: 959 - Addicted? How To Detox Off Of Alcohol And Pain Pills Together - by Submitted on Dec 16, 2007 from John LeeThere are an estimated 20 million alcoholics in America, and about 6 million people dependent and using pain pills daily. Of course a significant number of these chemically dependent people are using the two together An addiction to pain pills and alcohol concurrently presents with some ...
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