The Internet: The Latest Form of Addiction?

If you spend hours of your time on the Internet, you may be an Internet addict. Find out what you can do about your online addiction and how you can balance your online life with your life outside of cyberspace.

Looking For Redemption At The Bottom Of A 12-Pack

I spent many years looking for redemption at the bottom of a twelve pack. Guess what? I never found it. The dictionary describes redemption as: the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil. Did I feel as if I needed saved?

Alcoholism and Healing

Discover the self-abandonment that underlies alcoholism and other addictions, and how you to begin healing this self-abandonment.

Is It Time To Get Into Addiction Treatment?

Here are the beginning steps of getting help for drug and alcohol use.

Go For Addiction Treatment

Addiction is a much broader concept and we cannot relate it to alcoholism only. The basic difference between alcoholism and addiction is that the former is only related to something which is liquid in nature, while the latter can take various forms. But one thing is common between them and that is that the overall effect of addiction or alcoholism is one and the same.

Recognise Your Habits: Life's FUNdaMENTAL! How to Start The Life of Your Dreams!

How we think about ourselves, and our planned achievements becomes a habit. We are easily conditioned or influenced by factors such as magazines, television, partners, friends, peers, work colleagues and novels, including romance novels.

Are You Actually Addicted To Cigarettes?

There are a lot of people who will have you believe that you're addicted to cigarettes. That smoking is a habit that's more difficult to get rid of than breathing oxygen. That killing your first born would be easier than quitting smoking. What I find funny about this little fact is that all the people saying these things have one thing in common.

Smokers Etiquette

Need to know how non-smokers really feel when you smoke?

How to Manage the Change of Seasons in Recovery

Transitioning the change of seasons can be challenging in early recovery. Taking some of the proven suggestions offered here can help make the transition successful.

Dangers Of Alcohol

Talking about the dangers of alcohol may seem like trying to warn somebody that putting their hand into an open flame is going to get you burned. Still, there may be some who aren't aware of what alcohol can really do to you. It is for those few that this article is written.

Addiction - Learning To Live Again

About a year ago I walked away from alcohol and cigarettes, after engaging in both practices for more than 15 years. Was I addicted to drinking and smoking? I would have to say that I was, seeing as how I did both things everyday. I would have to say that, on average, for the last ten of the fifteen total years I drank a twelve pack of beer and smoked a pack of cigarettes a day.

The Dangers Of Chewing Tobacco

Many people believe that chewing tobacco is a safe alternative to smoking. This can't be further from the truth. This article will alert you to some very real dangers or chewing tobacco.

Pros and Cons of Entering a Los Angeles Alcohol Rehab Center

Do you think that you have an alcohol dependency problem that needs to be treated? If not, do you know of someone else who you think needs to seek treatment for their alcohol dependency? If so, you may want to look into Los Angeles alcohol rehab centers.

12 Step Alternative Programs - Do They Really Work?

If you are, you likely already know all about outpatient rehab centers, as well as inpatient rehab centers, and programs like Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), but did you know that there are other approaches that you can take to rid yourself of your alcohol dependency. You can do this with programs that are often referred to as 12 step alternative programs.

Dealing With Your Alcohol Triggers

Learn exactly what causes you to reach for a drink and how to behave differently instead