Addiction has such a death-grip on so many people. Whether you consider your addiction minor or realize it has major control over your life and you desire to quit but just can’t seem to, here are some tips to surviving stopping your addiction.

But first, let me tell you that I’ve walked this road so I know what I’m talking about. After a ten-year long struggle to finally stop my addiction, the keys finally fell into place and I was permanently set...

Alcoholism sneaks up on many people. That’s why there’s so much denial. It’s a slow road to getting to the point of finally admitting one is an alcoholic. And what exactly determines whether one is an alcoholic and under its control?

3 Questions To Determine If You’re An Alcoholic

Can you stop drinking right now and not drink any more?

Do you hide your drinking and keep it a secret?

Do you drink instead of taking...

Last summer (August 2009) I came across and article on internet addiction in the New York Times, focusing on how the internet permeates everyday family life, often intruding upon the face to face activities that traditionally connect members of a household together. Although, in may cases the behavior is not considered an obsession, it is growing exponentially to the point that the editors of theDiagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders(DSM), published by...

For a number of years, people facing drug problems have had to rely on traditional rehabs that make use of conventional methods of healing addictions. With time, however, an increasing of people have understood the benefits of Christian drug rehabs. Growing awareness pertaining to the faith based drug rehabs has played a crucial role in assisting people to get rid of their drug addiction to lead a sober life. Therefore, it can be concluded that in addition to curing drug addicts, these...

One thing every smoker would like is to conintue their habit without having to be worried about all the associated risks that go with it. Many alternatives to smoking are expensive and unpleasant and all too often don't achieve what you hoped they would. It often seems that the pharmeceutical companies are the only real winners in these methods. They removed the need for going at it with willpower alone but the replacements were unsatisfactory to say the least.

What smokers...

Drug addiction is a problem that is growing at an alarming rate, undermining the core values of our society.  Individuals are getting sucked in to this inevitable black hole of doom and climbing out takes the caring concern of someone who is willing to intervene and confront the individual with their addiction, without wavering.

Intervention is a difficult task, met with great resistance.  Often times when a drug addict is confronted they will get angry and sometimes...

While marijuana is considered a soft drug in comparison to others such as cocaine and heroin, it can still be very addictive and destructive. Many people find that their lives revolve around weed and it fills any voids in their lives. Weed becomes such a part of their daily lives that they feel they live in a haze and that they are missing out on some very important parts of their life. The first thing to know when learning how to quit smoking pot is that marijuana is not a chemically...

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...

Each of us is exposed to and bombarded by – on a daily basis – an evil that is extremely enticing and appealing, so selfishly gratifying (temporarily), so unavoidably addictive, and so incredibly damaging to our thoughts, lives, families, and society. It is a plague and modern day slavery that is slowly and subtly destructive, and yet it is justified by the supposed mass-popularity, innate natural passions within us all, and the wrongly assumed reasoning that participation...

The Problem of Prescription Oxycodone Abuse

As you may know, prescription drug abuse has developed into a huge problem in the United States. For example, a 2005 Monitoring the Future survey of high school students showed that OxyContin abuse went up among 12th graders by 40 percent in 3 years. OxyContin is one of the many generic names for drugs that include the narcotic oxycodone.

When used as prescribed, drugs like OxyContin and Percocet (which also contains...