Review of the The Book - Mindful Recovery

Mindful recovery is a book that focuses on maintaining your abstinence from any addiction, once you have made the decision to quit: "...if you can build a happy, fulfilling, meaningful life, relapse will be much less of an issue." It's a flexible approach to recovery based on facing life with an attitude of acceptance, rather than running away from life through an addiction.

I love how Thomas...

Denial is the "ego defense mechanism" that allows most casual or recreational users or drinkers to progress from there to Addiction or Alcoholism. Denial is, very early in Addiction, accompanied by justification and rationalization. This whole ego defense concept was developed by Sigmund Freud, and is about all that's left of his work that is still commonly used in treatment of mental disorders these days. Ego defense mechanisms are a normal part of the human psyche. They are...

You may be considering to enter a drug rehab in orlando, Florida to fight more seriously and effectively your addiction trouble withsubstance abuse. As such, you are making a good decision and you will also need determination firstly to find the appropriate drug rehab centerand also to spend months taking a professional medical assistance. Finding the drug rehab facility is a part of the game you may notbe comfortable in doing as it not an obvious task and could easily take you weeks...

Everyone suffers when someone on the job has bad habits in the workplace. Bad habits can make for an environment that is unfriendly, unproductive, or even unsafe. You can only correct your bad habits in the workplace if you recognize them.

One of the most noticeable bad habits in the workplace is tardiness. Some people just have a habit of being late to everything. They are late to arrive, late back from break, and late back from lunch. This not only puts them in jeopardy of...

What if there was a drug that could chemically induce feelings of upper-classness? It would be a lot like crack. Our society actively cultivates, encourages, and promotes self-actualization, immediate gratification, and ubabashed self-indulgence. Even the most minor pains are quickly, even casually, dismissed with pills and other aids to produce an easy lifestyle absent from struggle.

Addiction is widespread in the African American community. Crack is a very addictve...

Drug abuse and drug addiction are two major burdens to society. However the terms "drug abuse" and "drug addiction" are often used interchangeably, but in fact, denote very different conditions. The term "drug abuse" refers to the use of a substance in a manner that deviates from the culturally acceptable norms, while the term "drug addiction" describes a disorder where the drug appears to be the dominant influence on the individual's behavior....

Addiction Recovery – whether it be sexual, drugs, alcohol, gambling or others – many programs encourage the addict to turn to the god of their choice to help them. But the question is, which god? And does it matter?

Tiger Woods recently cited that he was raised in Buddhism and desires to look to spiritualality to help keep his life balanced. Buddhism teaches that attachment, greed and desire are the root of all suffering, and that letting go of those things is...

There are several factors which can make a person more susceptible to an addiction to alcohol. These include a family history of alcohol addiction, a personal history of mental illness, high levels of stress or major life changes. Peer pressure can even play a role in the development of an addiction to alcohol.

Moderate drinking is defined as 1 to 2 drinks per day for men and 1 drink per day for women. How do you know when someone has exceeded that threshold of moderate...

Am I an alcoholic?

This is a question every alcoholic has to answer for themselves before they get sober. And they will have to answer honestly and without reservation yes!

Otherwise sobriety will be hard come by if ever attained at all. Why get sober if you're not a drunk?

Years ago drunkards who were of lower socioeconomic backgrounds were considered to be people with serious immoral if not criminal behaviors.

The idea that someone could have a genuine...

Why do we choose to use substances, and more importantly, why do some of us abuse substances?  Well, simply, some of them make us feel good…at least for a short while.  Cigarettes make you experience a rush for a few seconds when the chemicals hit your brain.  Alcohol is similar.  Initially, a person feels a euphoric feeling when consuming alcohol but this substance is a depressant and, well…depresses you.  Alcohol, heroin, cocaine, sexual...