Alcohol addiction is a term with multiple and sometimes conflicting definitions. While the ingestion of alcohol is necessary to develop alcoholism, the use of alcohol does not necessarily result in addiction. The quantity, frequency and regularity of alcohol consumption combined with the ramifications of financial loss, family disruption, loss of employment and health problems all contribute to the definition.

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The Vicious Cycle of Adult ADD, Shame and Compulsive Sexuality

Brian is an investment banker in his early forties who, in graduate business school, first began to visit prostitutes, spend money on phone sex, compulsively masturbate and, finally spend as much as 5-10 hours a day looking at internet porn. When sexually acting out, he would feel that someone had turned on his brain for the first time. On the net, he would suddenly feel alive. He had energy and felt the...

Those numbers measure the percentage of teenagers who regularly use illegal drugs of some type. Just within the last month, 50 percent of teens report drinking alcohol with 37 percent saying they had been drunk on at least one occasion. Alcohol kills 5 times more teenagers than any other drug which are mostly from accidents.

It's scary to think that our young people are being exposed to drugs at a much earlier age, and they are much more susceptible to peer pressure. When...

How do we avoid DUI classes and the dangers of it? Obviously, the answer is not to drink and drive. But in most situations when we are weak in saying no to alcohol and knowing we have to drive, this is the time when we should be responsible to avoid DUI Classes charge and the dangers of drunk driving. When we drink alcohol, our reaction time is slowed. This could be risky when we are in the streets, even risky for other people inside or outside of the vehicle.

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Not knowing how to quit porn addiction can make you feel hopeless and full of guilt with fear and discouragement. These feelings can rob you of the freedom life should offer in full! Fear of getting caught or feelings of desperation in personal sin only add insult to injury. If you learn how to quit porn addiction you will empower your life as a whole. Many people feel helpless and never learn how to quit porn addiction because they are focused on their past failures.

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Perhaps one of the most difficult situations to deal with in life is when we or someone in our family is struggling with addiction. There are many forms of addiction, but the most life threatening ones are alcohol and drug addiction. These are preventable but it is somehow difficult to treat. They cause permanent and irreversible brain effects that one will have an urge to use drugs and alcohol for the rest of his life. They say prevention is better than cure, and this is always true....

Alcoholics who want to change and their families have questions in mind that need to be answered before they begin the process of abstaining from alcohol. It is not easy to recover from alcoholism. But if it is done properly, it is likely that the person will be cured.

First, they have to ask themselves if they have a problem. And if they do, is it alcohol? Most people do not recognize alcohol as a problem. They encounter series of problems that are related to alcohol like DUI,...

Recovery from porn addiction is a worthy pursuit but it definitely takes much effort. There are keys to shortening the learning curve however and you must use every resource available to you. Porn addiction can make you feel like a weak person, depressed and shameful all around while it slowly chokes the life in you. In this article I will help give you some basic action step guidelines that will get you on the right path to recovery.

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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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