In "The Addictive Behaviors," author W.R. Miller tells us that people can become dependent on, addicted to or compulsively obsessed with any substance, object, activity or habit that gives them pleasure.

It has been noted that there are many similarities between a physical addiction to a substance like alcohol and a psychological dependence on a compulsive activity like gambling. The object of the addiction could be anything, food, shopping, sex, alcohol, drugs, or...

"A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step." Lao-tzusaid those words, actually wrote them down, about 2,500 years ago, and they are just as true now as they were then! If you need to lose weight, or quit a bad habit, then perhaps you have taken that first step, or you are about to!Bravo! Bravo!

Some folks believein good luck charms, to give them the ability, the strength, and the discipline to stick to a diet, exercise program, or to refrain...

Help for pornography addiction is not as easy to find as help for other addictions and is often harder to decide if you should get help because of its sensitive nature. Addictions to drugs and well known behavioral addictions like gambling and alcoholism while embarrassing and terrible have a sense of acceptance in the community thanks to wide media coverage and public awareness campaigns which is a good thing. However pornography addiction and sex addiction often is still a taboo...

Scenario:
You’ve just come home from the doctor and you’re devastated, fearful and confused. Your physician had to inform you that you have cancer. For months you’ve been irritable and hard to get along with. You’ve been lethargic and have appeared to be getting lazy. You haven’t been doing things that you normally do.
People may have been becoming disappointed by, or getting aggravated, from your symptoms. Now you’re going to have to accept...

What are Pharm Parties? New indications are pointing to a disturbing trend in which teens steal prescription drugs from their parents' medicine cabinets and create "prescription cocktails" that can be shared or traded with friends at parties, leading to drug addiction or abuse.

Prescription medications such as Xanax®, OxyContin®, and Ambien® are some of the popular name brand pills that teenagers look for when raiding their household medicine cabinets. These...

You know, I was searching the web the other day and I ran across an article by a well known self-help guru. The article was titled “How to uncover your True Life Purpose in 20 Minutes!” And I thought to myself, I just have to read this! So as I began reading, I was instructed to get out a pen and piece of paper! Next, I was directed to clear my mind of all thought, and then to proceed by writing down whatever popped into my head. The author went on to claim that your true...

Quitting smoking is a very hard task to complete successfully. The chemicals in cigarettes, are extremely addictive, and it may take a few trys to quit smoking once and for all. I will Include tips and tricks that will help you quit smoking once and for all.
Document your smoking and allow yourself only an allotted amount of cigarettes per time interval. example, if your a heavy smoker allow your self two cigarettes per hour, if an average smoker allow only one per hour. week by...

The question of why people abuse alcohol? Does arise in our minds, alcohol is a mood elevator. Drinking alcohol elevates the mood by releasing serotonin and dopamine both these are chemicals which bring about a sense of well being and euphoria. In addition alcohol reduces GABA a brain chemical and increases secretion of nor epinephrine which causes a pleasant state of arousal. All these are features which make alcohol one of the most popular abusive substances; the problem is with...

What is important to you today will be important to you always. The problem is: you don’t KNOW what is really important to you. WHY? {Because, you won’t stay still long enough to study the most important subject in the world: YOU!} You’ve never considered how very important you are and how necessary it is to observe yourself. Sure, you know what your favorite color is, food to eat, car to drive, clothes to wear, people you THINK you like to be around but other than...

You want to help your drug addicted child or alcoholic spouse quit. They've suffered enough and broken up the family. Perhaps they've become involved with the law, arrested for drug possession or a DUI or maybe worse. You ask yourself, who can I call? Where can I send them?

As a Certified Prevention Professional in the State of Florida, I can empathize with those parents and spouses understanding that many of them, to avoid embarassment, turn to the Internet for help. They...