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...

People don't start using drugs with the intent to become addicted.  Drug addiction can be a sneaky foe sneaking up on a user before he or she knows it.  Addicts didn't set out to destroy their lives intentionally.  All they wanted to do was have a little fun, escape a little stress, feel a little bit more normal.

But drug addiction is a very real consequence of drug use.  For many, drugs seem to be a means of averting emotional and/or physical pain by...

People use drugs for a variety of reasons - mostly, though, to numb the pain of everyday life so they don't have to face it.  Eventually drug use turns to drug abuse and finally to drug addiction.  Most people use the two terms interchangeably, but the truth is there is a difference between drug abuse and drug addiction.

Drug abuse is the use of illegal drugs or the inappropriate use of legal drugs.  People who abuse drugs are using them to obtain a specific...

When a woman is struggling with drug addiction during her pregnancy, that drug use affects more than just her - it affects her fetus as well.  The drugs can also have devastating effects on the child one he or she is born.  Drug addiction and pregnancy should be treated as a very serious issue.

A mother taking illegal drugs during pregnancy increases her risk for anemia, blood and heart infections, skin infections, hepatitis, and other infectious diseases. She also...

A drug addiction center is more commonly known as a rehabilitation clinic or a drug clinic.  These centers specialize in the treatment of drug addiction and help people with addictions cope with the mental and physical aspects of their disease.  They offer medical care as well as counseling to help addicts become clean and sober again.

There are many different types of drug addiction centers today.  All are based on essentially the same premise - to heal the...

Drug addiction counseling is an essential part of any recovery program.  Addiction is a complex disease that damages the addict physically, mentally, and spiritually. Because of the holistic nature of the illness, the optimal treatment addresses the needs of the addict in many areas. Physical, emotional, spiritual, and interpersonal needs must all be addressed to support recovery.

When you are trying to overcome a demon as huge as a drug problem, drug addiction...

Drug addiction is a disease.  There's no doubt about that.  In fact experts say that drug addiction is more of a brain disease than anything else.  Scientific advances have offered amazing insights into how the brain works and what drugs do to the way the brain functions.  Luckily, however, this disease is treatable and curable.  

Although drug use initially is voluntary once an addiction develops, that control is markedly changed.  Imaging...