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...

Staying clean after rehab is over – staying stopped just for today
Admission to an alcohol and drug rehab is a difficult and painful process, and often a very confusing one, as it stirs both negative and positive emotions. The experience is usually accompanied by shame, guilt and fear, but also relief. The relief is felt because the client no longer has to lie to loved ones, friends, colleagues and others, or worry constantly where their next hit will come from. However, what...

The first way that you are going to amp up your own brain power is to actually try and see whether or not you can reduce the stress in your life, and if you are in a high stress job or in a high stress situation, you need to be able to control your own breathing or stress levels, and there are certain exercises that you can use to do this of course. They can range from things like yoga, to stretching to even breathing techniques that you can master to actually help you to relax and...

First things first, is that we need to know just what kind of mind is the subconscious mind, and at the end of the day, it is a mind that is hidden behind the logical mind, or the aware mind that is within us, and this is something that we need to pay attention to. One thing about us is that the subconscious mind seems to be just a term to us, and there is really no way that we are going to truly understand about it if we do not read on it. At the adult stage of life, the subconscious...

When most people say, "What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas," they are usually talking about drunken debauchery and adventures that comedic films are usually spawned from. However, the unspoken rule is that the money you gamble in Vegas also stays in Vegas...unless you know what you're doing.

When that happens you get to take a little of Vegas’ magic with you as you return home the conquering hero. The feeling you get when you leave the casino's a winner, nothing...

The increase in the amount of alcohol testing conducted in this country is something that should have probably happened much earlier. The government agencies are facing up to the fact that alcohol abuse can result in various harmful situations. Since it is possible to avoid such accidents from occurring, a stricter control is being levied on people who drink and abuse the freedom that has been granted to them. Alcohol testing can be done in various ways. The various affordable options...

Alcoholism Signs and Symptoms

The word alcoholism is itself so empowering and alluring and for most it brings to the forefront so many forceful pictures and associations of what it implies to be an alcoholic. Whether or not it is you or a family member that is alcoholic it is prime to keep an eye out for certain alcoholism signs and symptoms. It's critical to recognize that drinking and alcoholism can go together, but one alcoholism sign and symptom is the excessive drinking...