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Addictions - Recognising an Alcoholic
2008-03-10 14:47:00
Learning that your life partner or a close friend or family member is an alcoholic can come as a severe shock. This is particularly true when you have failed to notice that anything was wrong with them over a long period. However, you shouldn't blame yourself because the nature of an alcoholic is to be secretive and devious so as not to be caught out.In some households, it is normal practice to have a couple of drinks after work, wine with dinner and maybe even a nightcap. If yours is one of those, then it is even less likely that you will notice if someone is an alcoholic. The same holds true for couples or families who socialise a lot in pubs or restaurants or other establishments, which serve alcoholic drinks. In these circumstances, if someone seems a little tipsy occasionally, the assembled company will probably pass it off as "one too many", but what's going on when "one too many" becomes a daily occurrence?Unfortunately, the signs of alcoholism differ from person to person....
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Computer and Internet Addiction
2008-03-09 07:06:00
It is true that this world of internet is mesmerizing and anyone can be lost in its mysteries. This is precisely what is known as internet addiction. A leading newspaper survey revealed that an average man spends about three to four hours a day surfing the internet, but what about those who are spending more than twelve hours a day trying to decipher the mystery of this world? They are known as internet addicts!Talking to people all over the world, masking your identity and being what you wanted to be, reading about your favorite personality, gaming endlessly, etc. can be the various reasons for it. Surfing the internet can be termed addiction when the following happen.Ø You always think about what you did or said online, and what you would do the next time you log in.Ø You use as many hours on the internet as possible, and whenever you're logged in, you lose all senses of time and place.Ø You feel restless, down and depressed when you don't get access to the internet.Ø You lo...
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Obesity - A Growing Epidemic
2008-03-08 06:17:00
We are all aware of the growing obese epidemic that is presently a serious health problem in many parts of the world. We hear it on the news and we see it all around us in our own lives and of those we know. In the United States alone the problem is growing at an overwhelming rate.True genetics contribute to obesity, however, the rate at which this problem is increasing shows that environmental factors and how we chooses to live our lives play a significant role. Obesity leads to serious health risks. Serious health risks and conditions reduce your chances of reaching your full potential in life.Here are some obesity statistics. According to the World Health organization, global obesity affects more than 1 billion adults. Childhood obesity is also a serious concern. There is an estimated 22 million children under the age of five expected to be overweight worldwide. According to the US Surgeon General, in the USA the number of overweight children has doubled and the number of overwei...
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Alcohol Addiction - A Social Evil
2008-03-07 19:32:00
There is a group of who start using alcohol to drive away the sorrows and pains of life, whereas others turn to it because they know not any other way. Most alcohol addicts give the reason that alcohol gives them a power to face the challenges and difficulties of life. The practical theory behind this feeling is that alcohol can generate illusions and hallucinations in the minds of people and they are taken to another world where they forget the real world worries, and tensions. Sinking in this dream world, they start loving alcohol to an extent that they can't even imagine being without alcohol.The effects of alcohol addiction are long lasting. The harmful effects are never limited to the individual; rather the circle of society is forced to suffer the consequences. Alcohol addiction sends out a red signal by producing physical ailments and mental disturbances in the individual. Even then it is not the individual but the associated ones that realizes the danger and think of how to...
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Crystal Meth Addiction Is Serious - Get Help Right Now
2008-03-06 06:31:00
The drug known as Meth is not just addictive stimulant drug but also very danger to your health. The substance works by activating certain systems in your brain, which will enhance your mood and physical movement. Meth or Methamphetamine was created early in this century from its relative drug called amphetamine that was used for nasal decongestants and other related products. Similar to the amphetamine, meth can causes increased activity, decreased appetite, and many more hazardous effects. Researchers studies that chronic meth abusers will slowly changes their brain functions to a level which will reduced motor speed and impaired verbal learning as well as emotional and memory problems.As for the treatments, methamphetamine abusers do not necessarily need some specialized treatment in order to reduce the cravings but they do need more time in intensive outpatient or residential drug treatment programs. The use of cognitive-behavioral therapy is currently one of the most successful...
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Counseling for Shopping Addiction
2008-03-05 17:17:00
Counseling looks at the specific problem of shopping addiction and creates an action plan to stop the behavior. Targeted counseling for this problem alters the negative actions of the behavior and concurrently works toward healing the underlying emotions, although less emphasis is placed on exploring the emotional significance of the compulsive act than in traditional individual psychotherapy. Counselors who work with shopaholics often refer their clients to traditional psychotherapists when the severity of the related emotional issues goes beyond the expertise of the counselor. With certain clients, the combination of counseling, psychotherapy, and/or Debtors Anonymous goes several steps beyond the work of any one of these methods alone.Karen McCall of California and Ron Gallen of New York are two counselors with significant expertise in this area: both of have written about it and both train counselors and therapists to do this type of work. McCall has published the Money Minder: ...
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Abuse in the Narcissism, Addictions, and Abuse Equation
2008-03-04 15:41:00
Can you relate to this topic because you're in a relationship permeated with your partner's narcissism, addictions, and abuse? If you have read other articles I have written at my website, you probably know by now that so often, narcissism, addictions, and abuse occur together. Perhaps you've experienced domestic violence in the form of verbal abuse, emotional abuse, economic abuse, or sexual abuse perpetuated by your spouse with his unhealthy levels of narcissism? And while there is a chance you have known the pain of physical abuse as well, as I have pointed out before, the man who is narcissistic yet successful in the work arena-though not in his family life, certainly-is not as inclined to use physical abuse as are some abusers. After all, he doesn't like to raise eyebrows when he can get what he wants through these other forms of abuse or domestic violence anyway.The Verbally Abusive Relationship is Still an Abusive RelationshipAre you inclined to minimize the amount of abu...
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Treatment For Marijuana Addictions
2008-03-04 03:53:00
First up let's get one thing sorted out; marijuana addiction has no one shot treatment. There is no pot patch and there is no way to wean yourself off slowly. Treatment for marijuana addictions starts and ends in your own mind not with chemicals, substitutes or cure all pills.Marijuana has no chemical within it like nicotine in cigarettes that give the user a physical painful craving for the substance that draws them back. Pot is a different beast as your cravings come from a psychological desire for the drug, a mental want for a smoke usually in response to a trigger in your life that makes you want to escape from reality and achieve that state of being that marijuana takes you to. This is not only physically unhealthy but is a kind of rot in your soul that drains you of your will to achieve. More scientifically smoking excessive amounts of marijuana has been shown to impact on memory significantly weakening your mind and your ability to solve complex problems.So what can you do a...
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Eczema Cures - Do You Suffer With Addiction?
2008-03-03 02:36:00
One in three people suffer with addiction and the number continues to grow. Addiction of all kinds is caused by nutrient deficiency. If your body is undernourished its energies are depleted. Eczema sufferers can become addicted to wheat and milk without realizing the problem.Most people derive less than 10% of the available energy from the food that they eat. Whether it is because of digestive issues or because your food has been processed and denatured in some way.Your body can also be depleted of enzymes through the use of drugs, alcohol, overeating, bodily abuse and mental abuse. Once the body is out of balance it craves some kind of substitute. This substitute can come in any form and can become addictive.The body is missing a particular type or group of nutrients it requires to readdress the balance. It is not missing the substance or food of the addiction (sugar for instance). When our bodies are craving for a nutrient it will grab the most convenient substance it can find as ...

Treatment For Pot Addiction That Works
2008-03-01 06:36:00
Many people dismiss a treatment for pot addiction as frivolous as they believe that quitting pot should be easy as there is no chemical such as nicotine to form a physical addiction to the drug. This is a simplistic view however as pot addiction is as real as alcohol addiction, gambling addiction and many other addictions known as psychological addictions where the need is not a physical craving but an intense want that drives us back again and again to whatever activity or substance we feel stops these cravings. So To treat pot addiction you must understand pot addiction, only then can you act to wean yourself off marijuana and lead a life with a clear head and motivation for a better life.UnderstandTo overcome a problem you must know the root causes of the problem. If you simply act against the surface problems or symptoms of an addiction you do not treat the underlying issues that lead to these symptoms of cravings and the like. To understand you must be brutally honest with your...
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Alcoholism and Drug Addiction-Change to Recovery
2008-02-29 15:35:00
The American Psychiatric profession believes, “Once an alcoholic, always an alcoholic. Once a drug addict, always a drug addict. Alcoholism /drug addiction is a disease and ‘Relapse’ is part of recovery.”“Not true” says, Dorothy M. Neddermeyer, PhD, Holistic Healer. “Using a holistic approach – Body, Mind and Spirit—people can be healed of alcoholism and drug addiction without relapse and without cravings by healing the underlying causes which precipitate the need to use alcohol or drugs to cope. A holistic approach incorporates life coaching, massage therapy, acupuncture, hypnotherapy, yoga, physical fitness, spiritual awakening, as well as Chinese herbology.”The ‘Once an addict always an addict and Relapse is a Part of Recovery ’ paradigm has crippled and doomed many people to a life of struggle and self-deprecation throughout the world. “You are not an alcoholic or an addict. You are not incurably diseased. You have merely chosen a substance to cope with t...
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Computer Addiction
2008-02-28 17:25:00
Dictionary explains addiction as "the state of being enslaved to a habit or practice or to something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming, as narcotics, to such an extent that its cessation causes severe trauma."True! But how can computer lead to something as serious as 'addiction'? Believe it or not, computers and related fields have entangled man, woman and kids into its mesmerizing world so much that he has forgotten social norms of interacting. Everyone around has become so fond of typing that no registers and copies and pens do exist now! The easiest thing to do is to sit in front of the PC and complete your work.This sounded sensible when it started for it prevented all the efforts teachers did in reading different handwritings and clumsy work. But adversely this has lead to no homework being done genuinely. Homework can be easily copied from a friend, with a click or even from the internet itself with the least effort.Computer s were good when no accounts were...
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A New Kind of Drug Addiction
2008-02-27 18:09:00
Imagine waking up one morning and realizing your prescription for Percocet has just run out, yet instead of feeling the typical relief in finishing a prescription-this time you want more. At first the cravings are subtle, yet make no mistake about it they are there, dragging you towards an addiction to Percocet.What is Percocet?Percocet is part of a larger group of prescription drugs known as opioids. These opioids are known as synthetic opiates, because they are originally derived from the poppy plant, which is the plant that all opiates originate from. Percocet is a combination of oxycodone and acetaminophen and although not as powerful as it's counterparts like Oxycontin, it is just as insidious. Opioids are usually used for pain relief, typically after an injury or operation, yet for addicts it's the sense of euphoric pleasure opioids like Percocet gives them, which lays the foundation for their addiction.More disturbing than Percocet Addiction forming as an outgrowth from a p...
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Sexual Addiction
2008-02-26 18:56:00
Sex addiction is one of the least talked about and least understood of all addictions. This is mainly because of our society's unwillingness to take a honest look at sexuality. However recently a more clearer understanding of sex addictions is being reached. Today the idea that someone could be hooked on sex is unsettling to most people. Most will deny that the problem is actually a chemical addiction and suggest that its really cause someone is a 'slut' or 'player' or that the person is just a 'horn dog'. People are more able to admit that they have bad habits then they are able to admit they are hooked on someone or something. This confusion about sex addiction is majorly influenced by our society's stereotype towards addicts.Sex addicts are those who engage in persistent and escalating patterns of sexual behavior. This behavior is usually increased as the time and problem foes on, despite negative consequences to self and others. They become addicted to the nero-chemical ...
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Help To Get Over Pot Addiction
2008-02-25 18:21:00
Anyone that has experienced the ever deepening pit of addiction to any substance or activity knows how hard it is to quit. Marijuana is no exception despite not being chemically addictive many feel the need for help to get over pot addiction as it still can claim a firm hold over ones life. Excessive use of pot eventually becomes such a habit that people find it easier to waste their life in a cloud of smoke that fogs the mind and drains them of any ambition beyond their next hit and without some measure of help it is easy to slide back into this hole so here are some tips to help you quit!TriggersTriggers are something within pot addiction that sets off your need to smoke. This could be as simple as being bored to feeling stressed to social pressures. Everyone has a trigger that sends their hands fumbling for a joint or if they do not have one causes the intense need for pot that we label as addiction. One way to help you quit smoking marijuana is to identify these triggers and fin...
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Overcoming Addiction - For God's Sake Just Do It
2008-02-24 19:41:00
As you will find out from reading this article, I have a bit of a different take on addiction and overcoming addiction. Before you begin to think that I'm full of crap, let me qualify myself by letting you know for the better part of fifteen years I drank an average of twelve beers a day and choked down at least a pack of cigarettes a day. If I wasn't addicted to both practices, then I sure did like them a lot. About a year ago, I walked away from both practices forever without the aide of pills, patches, meeting, or anything outside of myself. Through doing this I realized some things that I hope to convey in this article. With any luck the things I learned may help you in some way do what I did, because I know that if I did it, anyone can do it.The biggest thing I learned is that overcoming these addictions is more about what you think than what you do. The first thing that you have to do is believe that you can do it, because of course you can. You must also believe that it won...
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Crystal Meth Addiction - A Modern Problem
2008-02-24 02:49:00
The addiction to Crystal Methamphetamine, also known as crank, ice and glass, is at an all time high. People of every age and in every walk of life, from children to adults, are experiencing the high that comes with the use of this dangerous drug. Unfortunately, they must also experience the horror of the side affects that comes along with it. Usually, when someone begins to use Crystal Meth, it's just a once-in-a-while thing for fun, mostly used when partying with friends. Then, it starts to become more and more frequent and before you know what is happening, you're hooked. It's not just because you want it, or like it, it's because you need it. Eventually, you can't get through the day without it; that's because Crystal Meth is highly addictive and extremely dangerous.The use of this drug has many side effects which can be devastating both mentally and physically. Anyone taking Crystal Meth are very likely to suffer short- term affects including loss of appetite, insomnia, m...
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How To Cure Your Drug Addiction Without Entering A Drug Rehab Program
2008-02-22 19:50:00
A drug addiction is strongly desiring to take a drug that makes you feel good. For example, snorting cocaine makes you energetic, alert, euphoric, with increased mental clarity. Once you're addicted to a drug, abstaining from it becomes a nightmare. For example, abstaining from cocaine can cause agitation, depression, extreme fatigue, anxiety, angry outbursts, lack of motivation, vomiting, shaking, irritability, muscle pain, and disturbed sleep.Thorndike's Law of EffectSimply put, what keeps you addicted is that taking the drug makes you feel good, and avoiding it makes you feel awful. This coincides with Thorndike's Law of Effect: If a reward follows a particular behavior, that behavior probably will be repeated; if a punishment follows a particular behavior, that behavior probably won't be repeated.For example, feeling good is your reward for snorting cocaine; feeling awful is your punishment for avoiding cocaine. So what are you going to do? This is why it's so difficult to ...
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Computer Addiction Help
2008-02-21 18:02:00
The most common problem with people around is that no one is ready to accept that they ARE addicts. Addicts are always assumed to be something that does not exist in my society. Addicts are only a handful of people about whom there are articles printed in the newspapers and documentaries telecast on the TV.The very first step to getting help is diagnosing the problem.Symptoms of computer addiction:Ø Loses track of time while using the computerØ Sleeps less to use the computer or surf the internetØ Get irritated when someone troubles you while you're using the computerØ Spending several hours in front of the computer screen dailyØ Ignoring important work or friends or familyØ Lying about his/her computer usage when askedØ Loses interest in all his/her enjoyable activitiesIf you find some or most of them in anyone around you or yourself, then you are a computer addict. There is nothing to panic or argue.Take the following steps:Ø Accept the fact. If it's your loved one, talk...
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Pathological Eating Disorders and Poly-Behavioral Addiction
2008-02-21 02:31:00
When considering that pathological eating disorders and their related diseases now afflict more people globally than malnutrition, some experts in the medical field are presently purporting that the world’s number one health problem is no longer heart disease or cancer, but obesity. According to the World Health Organization (June, 2005), “obesity has reached epidemic proportions globally, with more than 1 billion adults overweight - at least 300 million of them clinically obese - and is a major contributor to the global burden of chronic disease and disability. Often coexisting in developing countries with under-nutrition, obesity is a complex condition, with serious social and psychological dimensions, affecting virtually all ages and socioeconomic groups.”The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (June, 2005), reports that “during the past 20 years, obesity among adults has risen significantly in the United States. The latest data from the National Center for He...
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Sex, Love, and Poly-Behavioral Addiction
2008-02-19 19:20:00
Proposing a New Diagnosis and Theory for Patients with Multiple Addiction s By James Slobodzien, Psy.D., CSACExperts in the field of addictions are presently purporting that between 3 and 6 percent of the world’s population (193 to 386 million people) are presently affected by a sexual dependency or compulsivity (Carnes, 2005). Sexual dependency is a diagnosable and treatable disease, which today is generally, regarded in about the same way that alcoholism and drug addiction (chemical dependency) was regarded 40 years ago. Even so, there still exists a wide range of understandable misunderstandings about compulsive sexual acting out, created out of ignorance about the nature of sexual addiction, and supported and perpetuated by the multibillion dollar pornography industry.Sexual Dependency - is a global term that covers a wide range of maladaptive and self-defeating behavior patterns and relationships such as:1. Love Addiction – a disorder in which individuals repeatedly become i...
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How To Stop Smoking Marijuana - Understanding Your Addiction
2008-02-18 21:16:00
A common misconception about marijuana addiction is that like cigarettes and some hard drugs in that the body develops an addiction to a chemical and if deprived of it brings on serious physical cravings that can near incapacitate some people. This is however totally incorrect and is one of the main reasons people misunderstand the addiction and fail when trying to quit? So what is the secret on How to stop smoking marijuana? Why am I addicted to a non addictive substance? The answer is psychological.Since your body has no desperate need for pot the addiction this creates is mental or psychological. Psychological addiction stems from a person's addiction to the high that an action creates; gambling addiction is the same when people are addicted to winning and even shopping can be a psychological addiction when people get addicted to finding bargains and buying nice things even if they will never use them. In the end they are all similar in that this high becomes something a person ...
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Coffee Addiction - Fact or Fiction?
2008-02-18 00:13:00
Let's get straight to the point. Coffee can appear to be addictive because of the withdrawal symptoms it produces. As soon as the caffeine hits your brain it tells your adrenal glands to produce adrenalin, this is where the kick comes from. Adrenalin gets you ready for action, the problem is that if you are sat at your desk, or perhaps on the couch, you don't need to be ready for action. About 30 minutes later the caffeine wears off, the adrenalin has worn off, and you come down from this action state, leaving you feeling tired and unable to relax.So what do you do now?Most people decide to reach for another cup of coffee to end this sluggishness and the cycle is repeated all through the day, with you going from high to low, an emotional roller coaster of a day. If this sounds familiar you are not alone, thousands of people experience this each and every day.These symptoms follow the classic tell tale signs of drug addiction, but with caffeine there is a difference. Drugs such as ...
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Are You Addicted to TV?
2008-02-17 02:05:00
It is 2AM and you are blankly staring at a rerun of "Columbo". You meant to go to bed hours ago, but the time has somehow managed to slip through your fingers. Your hand reaches for the remote.It's Saturday afternoon and your best friend since kindergarten calls and asks to meet with you over coffee. She has some exciting news, and she can't wait to share it. "Wait until "Friends" is over," you reply.Sound familiar? If so, you may be addicted to your TV. TV has some funny effects on the brain. Most people are not aware of these effects. However, the effects of TV on the brain are similar to the effects of addictive drugs. The good news is, once you become aware of these effects, you can begin to reduce TV's addictive hold.TV = RelaxationEveryone knows TV can be very relaxing. TV has the ability to completely shut out the rest of our crazy world. All the world's problems vanish as you are wrapped in a cozy TV Neverland. The relaxation is almost instantaneous. The quickness of the...
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Fighting Addiction
2008-02-16 06:22:00
Many people fight with addictions of all kinds, and through my own battle with addictions I learned a few things that I thought I would pass along in this article. And the ironic thing about me doing this is the fact that I'm in no way affiliated with any products that will supposedly help you fight addiction. Unless of course, fishing products will help you fight addiction somehow? No, my goal is to help you out a little bit. If just one person takes something from my experience to aid them in their own, then it was worth it.For more than fifteen years I drank beer and smoked cigarettes everyday. At least a pack of cigarettes a day and probably an average of a twelve pack of beer a day. I didn't keep tabs on how much beer I drank, but a 12-pack had to be the average,. You know how it is. Some days only four or five beers, and on the good days eighteen to twenty four beers (yes, if I really got a good early start, I could power through a case by myself). In any case the point is I...
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The Great Gambling Addiction
2008-02-15 07:22:00
Won at a slot machine after spending some dollars. You think the machine is lucky for you and you buy some more tokens for gambling. You experience hard luck and you don't win. Probably thinking of buying some more tokens, then some more, and at the end you lose even your winnings. Next day some more, then more and more, and this just seems an endless pattern.Now you are addicted. Yes that's right! The term addiction was previously used for the addiction to chemical substances like alcohol, nicotine or drugs. With new research on how our brain functions there's been findings that state that many substances can be addictive even though they are not chemical in nature. One such addiction is the gambling addiction. It seems that addiction is resultant from the pleasure derived from abusing a substance but addiction can begin because of depression or some kind of emotional problem. The reasons are many and they are different and unique for every addict.Gambling Addiction or pathologi...
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Addictions - Compulsive Gambling
2008-02-14 06:05:00
Gambling addiction is driven by a chemical and genetic disorder in the brain, causing a person to have compulsive behavior towards gambling. When a gambling addict gambles, they do so not to win money, but to satisfy the crippling urge inside their brain to take that chance or challenge. It satisfies their urge for excitement.Gambling is a big money-making industry in the US. The gaming industry annually nets billions of dollars, due to people spending more money each year on legal gambling. The state governments in the US promote the state lotteries in order to collect taxes on this money. While gambling was illegal in the US sixty to seventy years ago, more and more states began legalizing gambling until now all but three states are the only ones that prohibit gambling.Gambling between individuals has become popular with football money pots each week, where a person can bet on winners in the NFL games and college games. The baseball World Series each year has numerous pots with pe...
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Types Of Addictions
2008-02-13 18:47:00
All addictions have the same basic symptoms; obsession, compulsion, loss of control, and continued use in the face of negative consequences. People can develop addictions to substances, behaviors or activities. Some of these behaviors or activities may be normal, everyday occurrences such as eating or shopping, which can make it much harder to determine if there is a problem with addiction.The model for addiction is changing. In the past, addiction simply referred to physical and psychological dependence on an addictive substance such as alcohol or drugs. Without physical dependence, there could not be a diagnosis of addiction. Further research has revealed that psychological dependence has much more to do with the equation than originally thought. People may become physically and/or psychologically dependent on the following substances, behaviors or activities:• Alcohol• Cocaine• Heroin• Methamphetamine• Marijuana• Shopping• Exercise• Over eating• Under eating• ...
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Addictions - Behavioral Factors
2008-02-13 18:46:00
Traditionally the term 'addiction' has been used to indicate repeated and continuous use of a substance leading to physiological dependence, regardless of the social, financial and health costs; the definition of addicts was earlier restricted to people who were helplessly dependent on substances such as nicotine, alcohol, heroin or other drugs. Recently however, medical researchers and psychologists have come round to the view that addiction need not be limited to substances but can also include activities. This kind of addiction is also called behavioral or process addiction.Medical researchers believe that behavioral dependencies can be classified as addictions because these exhibit the same core components that identify chemical or substance abuse. These core identifiers are mood modifications, tolerance, withdrawal and relapse. Behavioral addictions bring on mood changes by creating an exhilarated feeling or a 'high'; the tolerance factor means that the amount of time spent...
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Need For Drug Addiction Treatment
2008-02-13 06:01:00
At present it is sheer inquisitiveness that drives you to develop an addiction to drugs over time. Drug addiction means habitual use of psychoactive drugs to such a point at which the consumer of drugs has no other way out and continues to use it. Though addiction to drugs like opium has been common since historical times it is in recent times that the problem has been exacerbated significantly. This is mainly due to the cultivation of plants yielding drugs, advancements in biochemistry and improvements in means of getting access to drugs. The introduction of purified forms of active biological agents and the synthesis of new substances like methamphetamine has made drugs more widespread. Clinically, the word addiction has been replaced by the word dependency in relation to drugs.Some people are sensitively or hereditarily more disposed to drug addiction. All over again, some kinds of drugs get the better of some particular types of persons more easily. Similarly, the mode of treatm...
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