The most important motive for taking into account the proposal of checking into an alcohol abuse treatment center is when you or a loved one contending with alcohol addiction is powerless to successfully throw in the towel. To put in another way, we are talking about your failure to pull out of the crisis despite attempting. This connote that it is the obligation of every drinker out there to make resolute effort at first to try and pull out of the crisis. The addict, in order to give...

Identity theft has become a well known topic of concern in later part of this decade, and I might add with good reason. But, I’d like to talk about a different kind of identity theft – one that has absolutely nothing to do with social security numbers or credit scores. The type of identity theft I’m referring to is personal identity, which is more widely known as the imposter syndrome. This type of identity theft is quite common in addiction. As a matter of fact, I...

There is a reason people become addicted to drugs.  The psychiatric aspect of addiction to drugs can be very powerful.  Our minds are very complex and the thoughts we have can become rulers in our lives.

Because we are these complex beings with the capabilities of thinking and reasoning, we often discount the mind as just a small part of who we are.  Nothing could be further from the truth.  The psychiatric implications of drug use are ever prevalent and...

There are some scary things in our world today, but none is more scary than an addiction to drugs and alcohol.  It's a growing problem in our society, and alcohol and drug addiction has become a tough nut to crack, so to speak.

Drugs and alcohol make people feel good.  When they are able to feel those feelings, they are apt to use more just to maintain that feeling.  Eventually, the drugs and/or alcohol take hold of a person's life until they are completely...

Many people don't really consider alcohol a drug.  After all, it is legal to drink - as long as you're of age.  But the real truth is that alcoholism is a form of drug addiction just as serious and harmful as addiction to other drugs.  Because alcohol is legal to drink, many people just think of alcohol as another beverage.

Drug addiction is defined as an uncontrollable craving for a substance that a person feels they must have in order to live. ...

Why do some people choose to use drugs when they're so bad for you?  The causes of drug addiction are as varied as the amount of drugs that are available for use - both legally and illegally.  There is no one cause for drug addiction just like there is no consistent profile of a drug user.

People who have a history of drug use or abuse in their families are at risk for drug addiction problems.  It has been proven that children of alcoholics will exhibit...

Narconon is a secular rehabilitation program that specializes in treating the causes of drug addiction along with the addiction itself.  Narconon is based on the beliefs and writings of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard and looks at the causes of drug addiction from an addict's perspective so it can effectively treat the drug addiction.

The treatment does not use any drugs of any type to ease the pain of withdrawal and provides drug rehabilitation, education, and...

Drug addiction knows no boundaries and doesn't pick or choose who it will affect.  Celebrity drug addiction is commonplace today in the business, and it is just spotlighted more because of the high profiles of today's celebrities.  It's not uncommon to hear about another celebrity entering rehab for drug addiction.  The list can read like a Who's Who of Hollywood.

Big names like Whitney Houston, Keith Urban, Charlie Sheen, Robert Downey, Jr., and Drew...

Even though drug addiction is a complex disease, assigning a definition for that disease is actually quite simple.  Drug addiction is, in its simplest form, defined as the continued compulsive use of drugs in spite of adverse health or social consequences.

The definition of drug addiction should also include the fact that it is a state of heavy dependence on a specific drug.  Generally, it's thought of as a physical dependence, but in actuality, there is a...

The words drug abuse and drug addiction are often used interchangeably, but in reality, there is a difference between abuse of a drug and addiction.  Addiction does begin with drug abuse, but addiction is much more than a lot of drug use.  It is much more than that.

Drug abuse is basically the repeated or uncontrolled use of controlled substances.  It can also be defined as the habitual misuse of a chemical substance.  This definition includes the use of...