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Smoking is the cause of the most deaths in the USA than any other disease. Millions of people, young as well as old are affected by this dangerous scourge. But, what is smoking? It can be defined as the habit of burning, inhaling, and exhaling the smoke of tobacco or…
Out of the many resources on the internet today there is a lack of help for those of us who are in a relationship where both people are recovering from an addiction. Addiction is a devastating, insidious and incurable disease that affects people from all walks of life. From the…
It has been debated whether or not pornography can be categorized as an addiction. In my experience, I could tell you that it is. There are many people in this world, including myself, who's life has been negatively influenced by porn. There are many who desire to be clean of…
We all know that the first step in any recovery program is to rid our bodies of all drugs including alcohol. In other words it means to become clean and sober. It is often a huge decision for a drug addict/alcoholic. First and foremost you must have reached a place…
No one treatment option is suitable for all cocaine users. Often it takes a combination of several options for some, and yet some can kick the habit with only one way. Any chemical dependence is a complex problem unique to each user. The reasons why anyone starts, is as many…
The key element to sobriety is happiness. What makes you happy. People say that getting clean and sober is the easy part, but staying sober is the hard part. Find positive support that understands the importance of staying clean. Choose activities that make you feel good and boost your self-esteem…
I just read an article that talks about all the conflicts of interest that are involved when it comes to the facts of alcoholism. The number of people and organizations that benefit from this disease is astounding. The amount of money that these people make is even more astounding. So…
I have experience it firsthand. Returning home from a thirty day treatment program I was thankfully greeted by loving and supportive family members. Feeling like a totally new person I faced my friends who are not addicts with the same excitement only to find them either lost for words or…
Figuring out the best ways to quit smoking is going to be different for everyone trying to kick the cigarette habit. When I attempted it I tried several methods, and it took me many attempts to figure out which one would work for me. Below are the 5 best methods…
Let me count the ways to quit smoking. Sounds like a line from Shakespeare, yet here you are researching it on the internet. No doubt you have tried to quit on your own. Yeah! The cold turkey method! I’ll just smoke one less each day until I’m not smoking any…
They say that there is a very fine line between love and hate. I say that the line between love and obsession, even addiction is even smaller and even more tricky. Who wants to admit that they are no longer in love with someone but rather obsessed with them, addicted…
If you or a family member or close friend suffers from drug addiction, whether it is to prescription medications or street drugs, you should check into the options offered by a drug rehab center. There are television shows that show how an intervention is planned to get an addicted family…
It is no secret that I am a proponent of the stop smoking cigarettes movement. I was a smoker for over forty years and I can attest to the fact that it is bad bad bad for you. However, I did like the feeling that I got when I smoked…
Introduction
Many people were tweeting about "Reasons to Legalize" marijuana. Here are some of the reasons they used to justify legalizing marijuana: No one has ever died from marijuana overdose, you can't overdose on marijuana, and it is less harmful than alcohol or tobacco. I will discuss those issues in…
by Jonathan M. King. Part 4
Many people have pointed to 2012 as the date of apocalypse. Perhaps they were right, the word has more than one meaning, I like Nostradamus’ offer of the book of the future being empty and there are no more spokes on the wheel of…
I found what I believe to be the best way to quit smoking!
I've quit smoking and have been smoke free for over a year. I don't crave them, in fact I don't even miss them at all. The best part is that I can still hang out with my…
For some, the ultimate and down after a long days’ work is a glass of wine. It helps unravel those tightened muscles, softens the thoughts in the mind and eases any prickly emotions from the day. It’s an accessible and legal way to unwind. More than that, it creates a…
Alcoholism is a topic many people would rather not discuss because they are ashamed or embarrassed to admit they might have a problem. However many people do not consider that although alcohol consumption is a choice everyone can make on their own, there might be a genetic factor that additionally…
The famous 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous is attributed to two doctors from Akron, Ohio who found fast friendship in the arms of alcoholism. Both doctors suffered from alcoholism and sought not only to achieve sobriety in their own lives but to develop a program that would help all alcoholics.…
You can find statistics on the effects of smoking just about anywhere you look these days. It used to be, and I am talking about thirty to forty years ago, that these kinds of things were hard to find. No one really knew about the extreme dangers of smoking, and…
By Jonathan M. King.
The European Central Bank is under ex-Goldman management, and the investment bank has players placed, through the revolving door policy, in power in almost every European nation, as they did in the US throughout the 2008 financial crisis. That corporation has breached a new level of…
Individuals with alcohol and/or drug addiction problems don’t recover by just simply stop using the particular substance. They recover by creating a new life and engaging in new lifestyle where it is much easier not to abuse any type of substance.
Every individual struggling with substance addiction definitely has to…
If you are wondering how to get through opiate withdrawal without relapsing, maybe this will help you. Opiate withdrawal can be very hard and uncomfortable and this is why many people keep using because they fear going through withdrawal. I think a lot of this fear may be from rumors…
They say that people who have addictions live in denial. Consciously they don’t even know, or admit, that they have one.
I made light of mine. It wasn’t illegal, or immoral, and even my friends laughed along with me as I made such expansive fun about my ‘habit’. They bought…
Gambling is the devil of all addictions. There are no criteria for what type of people can be addicts. That's because gambling can affect anyone, of any age, of any sex and from any background, poor, rich or middle class. Millions of people need help for gambling addiction but just…
The New York Times recently published an article called "Rethinking Addiction's Roots, and Its Treatment". The idea is that addictions such as alcoholism are related to physical rather than mental conditions. Formerly, we used to think that alcoholism was best treated by using talk therapy and willpower. However, they are…
Addicts suffer from craving almost every day. No matter whether the addiction is alcoholism, gambling, cocaine, shopping or adult movies on the internet, the strong urge to get the drug is the same. In an addiction therapy, patients learn how to identify the typical triggers for craving, e.g. by using…
All drug addicts who decide to stop using their drug of choice will certainly experience withdrawal at some point. Withdrawing from any substance has never been comfortable and it can sometimes be dangerous and it can be even more dangerous for those who try to detox at home.
When addicts…
In the 1960's and '70's, the problem stemmed from the abuse of heroin. In the '80's, the problem morphed into the crack baby epidemic. The problem now is the abuse of prescription drugs, leaving mothers hiding their growing addictions and leaving millions of newborns across the United States, born addicted.It…
Can you believe there is such thing as “Facebook Addiction Disorder”? Seem crazy to me, but I can believe it, because I’m a Facebook fanatic, not much so of a Facebook user that uses it for fun, but more so of a person that uses Facebook for business. I will…
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