Those working through drug and alcohol addiction, need to change long held beliefs, behaviours, attitudes and self images, This can take time and involve a great emotional cost. There is often a long struggle and even suffering to break the chains that bind them to their addiction. So for the resident in a community, there is "no gain without pain".

Recovering addicts need to become personally fit and physically and mentally fit. They will often need to deal with a...

Alcohol is one of the most commonly abused drug in the United States. For most people who drink, alcohol is a pleasant accompaniment to social activities. Moderate alcohol use-up to two drinks per day for men and one drink per day for women and older people-is not harmful for most adults. (A standard drink is one 12-ounce bottle or can of either beer or wine cooler, one 5-ounce glass of wine, or 1.5 ounces of 80-proof distilled spirits.)

Nonetheless, a large number of people...

Many people who end up with a pain pill addiction had never even experimented with drugs or alcohol in the past. The addiction to pain pills grew slowly as a response to pain from a car accident, sports injury or medical condition that progressed. Often we hear about an actor, celebrity or athlete that is in rehab due to a benzo addiction or addiction to pain relievers. When this hits your own family member or yourself, you see how this can occur. You may have been just following the...

Thin has been in for a while now and most people who stop smoking worry about weight gain. Unfortunately cigarette does help weight management to some degree and gaining 5 to 10 pounds of weight is normal when you stop smoking. The good news is that there are ways to prevent the weight gain associated with smoking cessation. You can have the best of both worlds. Stop smoking today and follow the simple steps below to prevent weight gain.

Let’s look at the three major...

Substance Abuse starts out being a great trip. But, as you’ve probably found out, the highs you receive after the first few times diminish. Now it takes more and more of the addiction of your choice to “try” to get that same high.

Addicts have lost many important relationships. Many have burned the bridges to the most important people in their life. And they didn’t want to. It’s just that their addiction has control over them and they feel...

Porn addiction is growing like a plague and you're not alone in your desire to learn how to finally cure conquer this continuous life interruption. Most people involved in porn addiction commonly say that it effects them even when they are trying to ignore it. Strong feelings of guilt, fear, shame, depression, suppression and anxiety tend to hover over their life like a dark cloud as they suppress this sexual addiction as a secret. I have been there all too many times.

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Many people need to control coffee addiction tendencies but this task is very difficult. An addictive relationship with caffeine requires addiction treatment like you would use for alcohol abuse. You can remain controlled when you walk past Starbucks Café once you recognize that caffeine is not your controller.

Thinking Dependent

You may make your addictive habit worse with the inner belief that you need a cup of coffee whenever you are tired. You look at the morning...

Currently, there are four main theories relating to the cause of alcoholism; the biological, psychological, sociological, and social learning models. I believe that most of these theories do play a role in alcoholism. However, they mostly occur as a result of the addiction or in conjunction with it, rather than the direct fundamental cause of it! These theories represent the current views regarding alcoholism that are coveted by the medical community. Bear in mind, these are only...

This article is primarily for those who are baffled by the phenomena of habitual drug use, otherwise known as Addiction. It is for those who might ask,"Why would one use to start with," knowing that it is an addictive drug that they are about to use? Why would someone do that? This is a common question from most non-addicted persons who have not learned, or have not come to believe in, the disease concept of addiction! Why even try this, one might ask?

Why would...

I want to talk to you about dealing with the gambling urge. Everyone that has a problem with gambling has this urge they feel that seems to take over them. It is really almost an unconscious thing that people seem to be stuck with and that is inherently the problem. I know a lot of people that gave up on gambling cold turkey, which I saw repeatedly fail. The reason it fails is that gambling isn't really the problem. It is that urge to gamble that is the problem. That is what needs to be...