Actors and Addiction

Many talented actors, like other people of course, sometimes use and abuse drugs and alcohol, and engage in self-destructive behavior, often to deal with painful life experiences.

Treatment for Shopping Addiction

Is shopping addiction making you or someone you know feel empty, low in self-esteem, insecure, bored, lonely, or lacking of an ideal image? This article reveals a wide range of effective treatment options to help shopaholics overcome their addiction and enjoy a higher quality of life.

Threads that Link Addictive Behavior

This article explores the commonality of most addictive behaviors. It promotes undertanding about the common patterns and characteristics of the addictive personality.

Drug Addiction and Forgiveness

Many believe the best way to help someone overcome their drug addiction is to foregive them, love them and allow them to screw over the entire family again.

Rehab Equipment

Rehab is commonly perceived in terms of alcohol and drug Rehab. But Rehab units are useful for a number of ailments and disabilities. Rehab units require a range of equipment.

Healing Codependency

Healing codependency does not mean curing codependency. Healing codependency is a process. Healing always begins with recognizing the problem. Knowledge is power and that is true when we talk about Healing Codependency. Let us begin the journey in understanding the process of Healing Codependency.

Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome (AWS)

Alcohol withdrawal syndrome is intermediated by a mixed bag of mechanisms. The mind maintains neurochemical symmetry through repressive and excitant neurotransmitters. The principal inhibitory neurotransmitter is gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), that works through the GABA-alpha (GABA-A) neuroreceptor. One of the major excitant neurotransmitters is glutamate, which behaves through the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) neuroreceptor.

Ibogaine Drug Addiction Treatment: Breaking Through to the Core

A powerful type of drug addiction intervention treatment is offering new hope for drug addicts. Addicts report the treatment, known as Ibogaine therapy, allows them to kick their habit in 48 hours, without withdrawals.

Alcoholism Signs and Symptoms You Should Know

Alcoholism signs and symptoms are clues that alcohol may be a problem. Alcoholism symptoms can be recognized relatively early in the disease's progression, but if not dealt with, alcoholism can be fatal. Here are alcoholism signs and symptoms that indicate alcohol may be a problem.

Alcoholism Signs - Ten Warning Signs of Alcoholism You Should Know

Alcoholism signs -- are there ten warning signs of alcoholism? Yes! Understanding alcoholism signs can help you determine whether there is alcohol abuse or dependency.

Addiction and Anger - Own One, Control the Other

Addiction is as most people already know a disease. One which is not curable but can be treatable. The substance(s) we choose are but one small part of the illness, there are many things that effect, increase and support our addiction.

Ten Reasons To Get Sober This Year

If you’re an alcoholic, or know someone who’s an alcoholic, here are ten good reasons to give up alcohol this year.

You Can Stop Your Compulsive Gambling Addiction

It’s New Years Day January 1, 2006 and another year has come and gone. People from all over the world celebrated on New Years Eve. As the clock approached midnight last minute resolutions were made for the upcoming year. The most common resolutions are to lose weight and or stop smoking. This year’s newest resolution for quite a few people is to no longer gamble in 2006.

How to Get Alcohol Abuse Treatment

Parties? It is cool joining in parties where you can eat, drink, and dance the night away. Drinking has been part of today’s customary get-togethers. It has become quite inevitable for a person to drink on occasions. There is nothing wrong with drinking alcoholic beverages.