Admitting You Are Wrong and Personal Transformation

How can admitting you are wrong help with personal transformation? Discover how a powerful psychological concept may be unconsciously holding you back.

Painkiller Addiction Treatment and Risks

An addiction is the inability of being able to stop using something. There are many different types of addictions such as alcohol, shopping, food and pain medications. The most common form of addiction is cigarette addiction, millions and millions of people smoke and they cannot stop. When the craving for something is so stronger that it wins over not taking it that is addiction. Drug addiction is the second most common form of addiction. Pain medication is the third strongest addiction.

A Divine Intervention

How do you tell the patriarch of the clan he has a drinking problem? What is an intervention, and how does it work? One woman's struggle with mending in a dysfunctional family.

Ecstasy Addiction in New York and New Jersey

This article lends you information on ecstasy addiction in the New York and New Jersey areas and the treatment for ecstasy addiction. It also touches on gay addiction treatment for ecstasy addiction.

New Year's Eve Compulsive Gamblers Stop Their Gambling Addiction

Each years as New Years Eve approaches, compulsive gamblers search to find a solution to their gambling addiction. Their number one goal is to face their addiction and finally change their life to a less self destructive mode. Most compulsive gamblers often know how self destructive their life has become as their gambling addiction intensified. These people know they have a problem and truly want to stop their addiction.

Drug Treatment Center FAQs

The primary purpose of a drug treatment center is to reduce the stigma of drug addiction through education and community outreach. The center provides excellent care and treatment for drug addicts. It gives physiological, emotional, and spiritual support to the patients.

Drug Rehab Statistics

Drug abuse is defined as the compulsive and habitual misuse of any drug for various purposes, such as achieving calming or euphoric effects, an escape from reality, dulling anxiety, and fighting depression. Drug abuse victims need a support system to help them overcome this negative habit. The rehabilitation of such drug abuse victims is conducted through special drug rehab programs that are designed to make the victim independent from the drug. Drug rehab statistics are an indication of the number of drug abuse victims and the common drug abuse methods.

Nothing Like a Little Ire to Open Your Eyes

I got angry the other day. As a matter of fact, I'm still angry. Now this is not the kind of angry you get when someone forgets to put the cap back on the toothpaste.

Are You A Shopaholic?

Do you shop for therapy or necessity? In a day and age with so much to do and see, and buy and become it isn't surprising that we as North American's purchase tens of thousands of dollars per year in stuff. We never actually realize how much we have consumed until it is time to move! Why is it that while others have so little we all continue to spend like money is going out of style? Some shop for groceries, which are a necessity. Some shop for Christmas gifts, birthday presents and others just shop to shop. That's right, shopping as a form of entertainment to pass the time. Find out if you are a good shopper or if you are shopping for therapeutic reasons that you may have never even considered before.

An Anecdotal Story from a Recovering Co-Dependent

“You cut me off like you cut off mommy when she died.” Only four days back from a drug relapse, my brother Billy's statement would have charged me up for a week. This time I understood how entwined I was with him.

Life Threatening Illness: 5 Steps to Reignite the Burning Flame of Hope that Lies Within You

Do you dread the thought of waking up to live another day in pain and misery? Do you feel thoroughly defeated, abandoned and without hope? Do you feel like no one, not your doctor, not your family, not your best friend, truly understands what you are going through? If you conscientiously and faithfully follow these five steps you can absolutely and confidently turn tragedy into triumph!

How To Help Yourself Find Freedom from Alcoholism and/or Drug Addiction

The Secret Formula to a Life Free from Alcoholism and Drug Addiction...

Drug Addiction or Eating Disorder: Which Came First?

When a person enters drug rehab or an addiction treatment facility and is diagnosed with a drug addiction and eating disorder, the question arises: which addiction developed first and how do you treat two addictions?

Addictions - Behavioral Factors

Behavioral addictions, although less spoken about, are as prevalent as substance indulgence and can be equally damaging to personal and professional well-being.