Many people talk with me about stopping smoking as they have tired to quit, sometimes many times, in the past and found it just too difficult; traumatic even. Maybe you've caught yourself feeling secretly jealous of friends or family members who have already successfully quit cigarettes and wondered how they managed to be so strong willed. No doubt you've heard people say "you'll quit when you're ready", and of course this is absolutely true. But what is it that causes someone...

When, as a Counselor, I speak about Addiction, I can't help but include the fact that I am an Addict. There's no doubt about the fact that I'm an Addict in Recovery, but none-the-less, I am an Addict! I've been clean and sober for over twelve years, and I am working on 13 years, One-Day-at-a-Time! I am a CAADAC Certified Counselor, in California. I am a member of both the California and National Association of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselors. More importantly, I am a member of...

For some people, gambling is an enjoyable entertainment indulged in during leisure hours: for others, it is a vicious, compulsive addiction.

Gamblers might be in a position to control their involvement in playing poker or roulette or Black Jack and go to a casino or a private game once or twice in a month, enjoying a social evening with friends who have the same interests. However, the same person might become hopelessly addicted when problem gambling online.

An internet...

Anyone addicted to alcohol knows how hard it can be to give up. Anyone living with an alcoholic is equally aware of the power of addiction. But many alcoholics do break the habit and manage to live without recourse to alcohol. They may have an occasional lapse, or they may not, but generally speaking many people succeed. They are known as recovering alcoholics. This is because it is a disease and something from which you can be cured but must always treat with respect.

There...

Most people who are partying through the night at bars and nightclub aren't wondering how alcohol affects their nervous system. The main goal is to get drunk and have a good time. Yet alcohol inhibits the brain's ability to send signals to the spinal cord and nerve endings. The nervous system slows down greatly because it is absorbed right into the blood stream. Alcohol works the same as a sedative without the benefit of going through your digestive system. Because it enters directly...

First, if you are blaming yourself for starting to use drugs, for being unable or unwilling to stop using drugs and for relapsing every time you quit, you are both right and wrong.

It is your fault, but it is not a matter of blame.

Blame is a waste of time and energy. If you blame yourself, what does that accomplish? Nothing. It makes you feel like an idiot and, really, you didn't try to make yourself into an addicted person.

If youdid, if you started right...

You may feel that you have evaded the bad habits that many people have. That is, you feel that way until you catch yourself picking up the bad habits of others around you. The other person may pass on their habits intentionally or not, but they affect you all the same.

You can pick up bad habits from others in the way they eat. If you spend enough time around a person, you will often begin to eat the same way. It is just easier to make one meal and split it. It is easier to...

There are many things to note about sexual hypnosis, and that while it has been around for a long time, one thing that you need to know is that the power of this form of sensual mind programming that has been around for a long time, the thing to note is that the true power of this form of hypnosis is something that cannot be ascertained for a long time.

For one thing, there are many people out there who have decided that they needed a better method out there for them to actually...

Are you or someone you know suffering from a food addiction?

What exactly causes someone to become addicted to food?

Is there a substance in the food that chemically addicts a person?

Why do some compulsively overeat and others drastically avoid weight gain by under-eating or purging?

Well, first lets take a look at the three different types of Food Addictions:

Compulsive Overeating:

Compulsive over-eaters generally use...

One main function of Treatment is providing “Tools”, or skills to help resist the “craving” for the drug-of-choice. In the end, though, helping the addict return to normal functioning in society can be the most important and difficult part of the recovery process. Being an addict ruins a person’s life, and it takes a lot of patience to regain the ability to work as a responsible employee, function as a family member, and just generally be a productive...