Teenage Prohibition

Prohibition didn't work in the 1920's and 1930's. It will not work with teens today.

Smoking Linked with Lower IQ

Did you smoking cigarettes can lower your IQ? Read this article and study; to see that quitting smoking benefits more than your wallet and those around you.

Heroin Addiction

Believe it or not, heroin is making a comeback. Unfortunately heroin is catching a ride off the popularity of other gateway drugs such as ecstasy and amphetamines. The threat is real and it seems that the next generation needs to be re-educated as to the horrors of this distructive drug.

Alcoholism and Family History

The link between family history and alcoholism in one that is well documented. This makes it crucial for young people to gain understanding of the condition and possibly reduce the risk that alcohol abuse may pose them in the future.

What is Drug Addiction Treatment?

There are many habit-forming drugs, and treatments for specific drugs can deviate. treatment also varies based on the features of the drug user.

Porn Addiction: Who Me?

An addict is filled with self-hatred, guilt, shame and fear. A porn addict isn’t a bad person but a person in pain. Often the addict has been sexually abused or suffers from other unhealed childhood wounds. Porn is used as an escape from stress, fear, loneliness, emptiness, and rejection.

Alcoholism Stages - 3 Stages of Alcoholism You Should Know

Alcoholism is a disease where alcoholic beverage consumption is at a level that interferes with physical or mental health and negatively impacts social, family or occupational responsibilities. Here are the alcoholism stages.

Alcoholism Facts - Facts of Alcoholism You Should Know

Alcoholism facts can help one better understand the extent of alcoholism and alcoholism warning signs. Here are facts of alcoholism.

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.

Vices and Virtues in Marriage: Temptation vs. Self-Control

Robert, a recovered alcoholic of three-months is invited to a friend’s birthday party. His wife of ten years doesn’t want Robert to go to a party where there is going to be alcohol but he goes anyway. Heavy drinking is going on and people are offering him drinks. Robert desperately wants to find reasons for having a beer. He wants a drink, he needs a drink, and the more he thinks about the rush it will give him the more justifiable it sounds. He rationalizes how one beer won’t hurt. Robert gives in. An hour later he is drunk. He stumbles to his car and prepares to drive home. Robert never makes it home. The crash kills him instantly.

Online Gaming is as Addictive as Heroin

Gaming is big business but it has its downside. People have died from gaming and the world is recognizing that game addiction is serious and spreading fast. Mental health professionals opine that gaming can destroy lives, keep students from focusing on learning, workers from working, and women from their duties. There are instances where gamers have not left home for years.

The Speed Narcotic

Youth IS wasted on the young.

I Can Measure My Success in Recovery From Addictions, By My Bank Balance

What has money got to do with addiction? For alot of us it cost alot of money to continue using our substance of choice. In the end it cost me too much.

Are You A Food Addict?

You may overdose on potato chips or tortilla chips once in a while, but would you consider yourself to be a food addict?