Men and Sex Addiction:The Eroticizationof Depression

My work over the last fifteen years as a psychotherapist treating sexual compulsions has brought me into contact with men – and more men.  They come to my consulting room wearing the mask of shame, humiliation, and confusion.  Often, after a period of therapy, they come to a common link among them:  they are depressed.  Empty and suffering from a disorder that, for men, can be...

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...

Drug addiction is a very significant danger that we are facing today. There are several factors that contribute to drug addiction

If your parents have addiction struggles, there are chances you are susceptible to addiction. If your parents use drug, you have a predisposition to abusing that drug. Drug addiction causes one generation to pass it on to the next

Experimentation and curiosity are the factors that draw many people to try drugs. They want to feel that...

In its online form, Bingo is not about raising money for charity. It\'s about being available to anyone to play 24/7. Unfortunately one of the most popular activities online is gambling. And even though bingo enjoys a reputation of being an old ladies game and it is not a casino game, it can be every bit as addicting as any other form of gambling.

In the Internet version of Bingo, players can play anytime they want to in the comfort of their own home. Many sites offer the player...

You may wish to block porn sites for numerous reasons. The usual reason is to protect your children from having access to sexual sites. The easiest way to block porn sites is by using software designed to do just that.

You will find there are plenty of parental control programs available, what you should look out for is one which allows you to block porn sites specifically as well as a program which checks the sites currently being viewed and is able to block on an ad hoc...

Overdosing on Heroin is no fun at all. The effects could last a lifetime. Heroin affects the central nervous system of the body. In small doses it can make someone feel super good for about 6-8 hours and give them an on top of the world euphoric type feeling. In fact, it makes them feel so good that they feel they can't live without it so they'll do anything to get it.

A dose of heroin strong enough to kill the average person can be anywhere from 200-500mg. However, hard core...

Most of you must have seen someone addicted to alcohol or you yourself might have suffered from alcohol addiction in the past. Alcoholism can totally ruin life. People who normally have a lot of self-control often have absolutely lost total control over their lives and surrendered to alcoholism, which does not only hurt you physically, mentally and emotionally, but also hurt you professionally and personally.

Alcoholism is a disease and it can become chronic. Your body begins to...

Over 17 years ago, I was sitting inside a camper shell of an abandon truck, putting a piece of tar heroin inside a makeshift bottle cap cooker, squirting some water in it from my syringe, and getting ready to cook it. I tied myself off so that I could get a vein ready, and then it hit me! I'm an addict, and I have a heroin addiction. I don't know how to stop using, and this is what I will be for the rest of my life! I had the sickest feeling in my gut about what had brought me to this...

Teenage drug addiction has become more prevalent in today's culture than thirty years ago. Then alcohol and marijuana were the primary substances used by adolescents. In 2009 however, the prevalence of teen drug addiction has become alarming.

The number of adolescents undergoing drug addiction counselling has increased rapidly. Many centres have begun to accept patients younger than eighteen seeking help with addiction because the demand has become so great. However,...

While the debate over marijuana, legality, health benefits and negatives rages on there are many people who are in strife who care little for all these arguments because they are addicted to weed and what the masses decided about the drug matters little when your own personal life is falling apart due to addiction which is a separate point completely to all the others. If you are one of these people and are looking for tips on how to quit smoking weed then first I encourage you to shut...