Food Addiction: Is It Real?

Is Sugar Addictive? I often get this question. Researchers now know quite a bit about how sugar responds in the body. Read the highlights here.

Prescription Drug Addiction: An Overview

It seems that prescription drugs are being prescribed more than ever. Doctors prescribe drugs for pain, for mental health, and for insomnia. However, there is a growing trend for people to misuse prescription drugs. What they often don’t know is that many of these drugs are highly addictive, and can have dire consequences if used improperly.

Treatment Options for Prescription Drug Addiction

There is help available for people addicted to prescription drugs. There are countless inpatient and outpatient programs around the world that are specifically created to help people kick their drug addictions.

Recovery: The Light At The End Of The Tunnel

My greatest battle in my life was with a force I had no control over. It brought to my knees and kept me there. Untill the day I surrendered to this power and gave my will to my maker. The battle that had been waged was with myself. My will was being dictated by my drug habit. That's a war that can't be won untill we surrender to defeat.

Codeine Addiction: Relevant Facts

Codeine addiction is a form of addiction that often sneaks up on the person involved in its use. This is because codeine is a medication that is prescribed to help alleviate pain. This makes it easy for a person who takes codeine to develop a codeine addiction, because he or she thinks codeine is the only way to cope with their pain. Eventually the mind shift is that it is OK to take it to prevent pain from happening whether needed or not.

A Look At Crystal Methedrine Addiction Treatment

Treatment for crystal methedrine addiction is of the utmost importance for anyone suffering from crystal methedrine. Crystal methedrine treatment is often the only way someone suffering from meth addiction can overcome his dependency on it. It is a very addictive drug and difficult to shake off on your own.

Are You A Food Addict?

You may overdose on potato chips or tortilla chips once in a while, but would you consider yourself to be a food addict?

Screening for Poly-Behavioral Addiction

Introducing the Behavior Risk Assessment Screen (BRAS) for evaluating patients with Multiple Addictions. By James Slobodzien, Psy.D., CSAC

I Can Measure My Success in Recovery From Addictions, By My Bank Balance

What has money got to do with addiction? For alot of us it cost alot of money to continue using our substance of choice. In the end it cost me too much.

Managing Your Fears As An Alternative To Abuse And Addiction

Everybody deals with stress and anxiety, however some people sometimes take it out on others through abuse or take their fears out on themselves through addiction. Both of these alternatives are wrong. There is a better way to deal with your stress and anxieties. Here is a list of techniques that a person can use to help manage their stress, anxieties, and fears.

Vices and Virtues in Marriage: Temptation vs. Self-Control

Robert, a recovered alcoholic of three-months is invited to a friend’s birthday party. His wife of ten years doesn’t want Robert to go to a party where there is going to be alcohol but he goes anyway. Heavy drinking is going on and people are offering him drinks. Robert desperately wants to find reasons for having a beer. He wants a drink, he needs a drink, and the more he thinks about the rush it will give him the more justifiable it sounds. He rationalizes how one beer won’t hurt. Robert gives in. An hour later he is drunk. He stumbles to his car and prepares to drive home. Robert never makes it home. The crash kills him instantly.

How to Recognize Alcoholism

Alcoholism is a devastating disease that effects millions of people every year. Recognizing alcoholism in yourself or someone else can be difficult.

The Treatment Chasm

In the world of substance abuse treatment today there exists a great chasm separating profitable in-patient programs and struggling outpatient programs. The problem however is more than just a profitability problem, it is a social problem that leaves a huge void in the front lines of the war against substance abuse.

You Can Stop Your Compulsive Gambling Addiction

It’s New Years Day January 1, 2006 and another year has come and gone. People from all over the world celebrated on New Years Eve. As the clock approached midnight last minute resolutions were made for the upcoming year. The most common resolutions are to lose weight and or stop smoking. This year’s newest resolution for quite a few people is to no longer gamble in 2006.

Alcoholism Signs - Ten Warning Signs of Alcoholism You Should Know

Alcoholism signs -- are there ten warning signs of alcoholism? Yes! Understanding alcoholism signs can help you determine whether there is alcohol abuse or dependency.