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...

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...