With much of the focus on drug use in the United States, many people probably don't pay much attention to drug addiction in the Philippines.  Why should we?  Because it is an ever-increasing problem for the people of that country and they shouldn't be ignored.  Drug addiction in the Philippines has increased at alarming rates since World War II. Sadly, the reasons why aren't clear cut.

Most of the drug users in the Philippines are young people.  Illicit...

There is so much to do on the Internet! In fact, you can do almost everything online – shop, socialize, play, learn, research, talk. More and more people are spending more and more of their time surfing the Internet. People who did not use a computer until recently, are suddenly waking up to the convenience of having so much available at your fingertips. There is no doubt that no single thing has changed our lives as much as the internet has.

Almost anything you...

People don't just watch porn, thousands of people from around the world have become addicted to it. It's not just one group, both men and women have let it take over their lives. This is something that has the potential to ruin relationships and make the affected person completely unsociable. The thing that boggles the mind the most is just how easy it is to come by pornography on the Internet. Irregardless of what you are really looking for, as you gaze through the information you just...

When you start looking at yourself in the mirror for any signs of alcoholism, this in itself is one of the major signs. Guilt or getting offended when someone casually asks about your drinking habits, you know by then that you are consuming a little too much of alcohol. Alcohol addiction is dependency on alcohol for physical and mental functioning of the body; this does not mean that after consuming alcohol the addict performs all his functions properly. The fact of the matter is if he...

More than 90 percent of people who are suffering from eating disorders are females, particularly girls in their teens and 20s, according to the reports of eating disorder treatment centers.  There is a reason as to why the scales are tilted towards women when it comes to suffering from problems like bulimia, binge eating and anorexia.  Girls are generally known to more fussy about eating because they believe that they have to adhere to a certain body-type and they usually...

It is believed that bulimia and anorexia are common eating disorders that strike girls. The statement is true of course; however, it has come to the notice of many eating disorder treatment centers, that there is a rise in the case of even men who are checking in for treatment related to eating disorders.  Though significantly smaller in number compared to women, males also suffer from these eating disorders.

Risk factor for eating disorders in boys:

1. Boys who are...

Eating disorder treatment facilities in several parts of the country as well as in other areas of the world have concluded that both Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia are harmful eating disorders that are steadily destroying the health of today's future and making them prone to many diseases as they mature.  More than 94 percent of people who are anorexic are women because most of them are given into believe that their body-type is not beautiful. No matter how thin a girl is, she...

Today I want to tell you a story about a woman you may have heard of. She was an addict who lived many years ago, she met Jesus and her life was never the same again. I'll let her tell you the rest -

I am Mary Magdalene...you may have heard of me, the history books say that I was a woman of ill repute.  It's true that I am well known in the city of Magdala ....

I come...

Teenage is the most vulnerable yet most influencing part of a person's life. Whatever a person does or experiences at this point of life will remain memorable for him or her throughout life.  This is also the time when a teenager can be way-laid, misguided and manipulated into doing many of the wrong things, drug addiction being one of the worst ones. Private drug treatment centers are there to offer treat such people who are at risk to endanger their health and...

Do not be charmed by some of the sweet talking drug treatment centers which talk about curing people quickly in a matter of 15-20 days.  First of all, substance abuse cannot be fully cured; however they can be treated very well in such a manner that the chances of a person getting it may be next to nothing. But then just by saying that they ‘can cure' you totally is misleading. The second thing is the claim of curing people in less than 25 days. Most private addiction...