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.

Can Alcoholics Become Former Alcoholics?

If you have a problem with compulsive drinking which way would you rather it be assumed? That you have a disease that you can never recover from or that your case should be examined on an individual basis and to see if you have the potential to recover to non-alcoholic functioning?

Back From The Living Dead - Against All Odds - A Tale of Real Life Miracles

Today something very special was about to happen, nothing short of a miracle. I sat on a bench trying to remember just how I got here, trying to make sense of how I wound up with nothing, including my dignity. I began to cry, my face in my hands, trying to protect what little pride I had left. I thought of my little girls and how I let them down, and at that very moment I found two powerful reasons why I needed to fight for my life, the love I have for my girls and the hope they had for me. Yes, today a wonderful Miracle was about to happen and I found enough faith to fight for my life, to fight for my children.

Teenage Prohibition

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

Neurotransmitters and Addiction: A Close Link

Studies conducted at the University Of Pittsburgh School Of Medicine, in which smokers and non-smokers filled out a behavioral questionnaire revealed that nicotine’s biggest mood-changing influence was on people who scored high on sensation-seeking. This was true both for smokers and non-smokers (non-smokers who were given nicotine via a nasal spray). Heart rate and blood pressure responses were the same for smokers and non-smokers, suggesting that the psychological effects were more significant than the physiological ones...

New Directions

New research is being carried out extensively to develop better ways of dealing with alcoholism and treating its devastating effects on individuals’ lives and health.

Treatment of Alcoholism

In recent times, alcoholism itself is being recognized as the primary issue to be dealt with rather than underlying social, psychological or physiological factors that may have caused it. Earlier, these factors were considered primary and alcoholism was secondary to these problems; thus treatment was also in that order of priority.

Hydrocodone Addiction – A Rising Crisis

Commonly prescribed for its effectiveness as an analgesic or pain reliever, addiction to hydrocodone is today being viewed as a mounting crisis.

Alcohol Rehab: How Rehab Centers Help Addiction Recovery

Alcohol addiction is a serious disease. Not only can alcohol addiction tear a family apart and lead to financial ruin, it can also lead to the premature death of the alcoholic. An alcohol rehab center is the best source for a person looking for assistance with addiction recovery. Therefore, it is necessary to determine the type of rehab center best suited to the individual's needs.

About Smoking Addiction

Here is a survay of the factors that contribute to the addiction to smoking and nicotine.

Addiction Has A Root Cause Which Will Soon Be Common Knowledge To All, As Humanity Evolves

Addiction has a root cause common to all addicts. Phsycology is on the breaking piont to proving this root cause. The addict who is truly free already knows the root cause of his former Addictions, he needs no proof. Addiction is none other than a symptom of this root cause. Facing this root cause is the answer to the overwhelming pandemic of addiction in our cultures today and in the immediate future.

Addictions - Alcohol

Alcoholism is one of the worst addictions there is. If you wonder how people actually become alcoholics, this article goes over two of the most common ways that this happens.

Addictions - Work

Can't seem to leave your job at the office? Can't wait to get back there? Maybe you bring your work home with you? You may be a workaholic. Keep reading to find out what may be causing this very real addiction.