Do You Love an Alcoholic-Stop Rescuing and Enabling (Part 1)

Do you love an alcoholic? How can you live with an alcoholic and love them at the same time? Very carefully. It’s true, it is very difficult to live with an alcoholic, but people do it all the time. Alcohol controls the mind and spirit of a person, so in affect as long as the alcoholic is drinking you will not get much love in return. Being married to an alcoholic is not a reason for divorce. It is reason for helping your loved one with the disease. Alcohol addiction is called the insidious disease for a reason. It breaks up homes, kills lives, and keeps them from discovering the Creator. Can it get anymore insidious than that?

Has Anyone Seen My Mom? In Search of Jennifer Williams

We waited for days for the phone to ring. We tried calling her several times, but there must have been something wrong with her line. After 2 years the girls had finally heard from their mother, and now at last plans were in the works for a long awaited reunion. For the past few days they had spoken for hours on end and it was wonderful to see my girls excited at the prospect of their mother actually becoming part of their life's again, I however remained skeptical and did my best to explain to the girls the reality of the situation. The sad possibility that their mother may once again let them down. Not because she didn't love them, because I know she loves them very much, but because she's an addict and drugs call all the shots when your addicted, they become your true love.

Cocaine Rehab-Making a Humanitarian Statement

Cocaine rehab has become a humanitarian statement. Quiting the cocaine habit has evolved into a social statement with many fronts. According to Shared Responsibility, an initiative to reduce the drug trade, many abominable actions are occurring due to the cocaine trade and it can be minimized simply be informing cocaine users what is happening because of the money they give for their high. Some of the atrocities are burning and logging hundreds of thousands of acres of forests, land mines that kill and maim many thousands of children yearly, financing war and terrorists,thousands of children being forced to traffic drugs, millions of poor have been displaced, kidnappings, etc.

Alcohol Addiction Treatment; The 3 Main Steps

An alcohol addiction treatment program normally consists of three main steps. These three steps are alcohol intervention, alcohol detoxification and alcoholism rehabilitation. In this article I will describe each of these major steps in more detail.

Anger and Addiction

We needed a way to avoid pain and simultaneously institute a soothing pleasure. Food, cocaine, alcohol, heroine, sex and a number of unnamed addictions became our answer.

Marijuana: Misinformation and Poly-Behavioral Addiction

Fact or Fiction 1. Marijuana is a very harmful, highly addictive, dangerous, illegal, gateway drug that currently has no accepted or proven medical use or cash value as a crop. Or is it true that: 2. Marijuana is a safe, harmless, non-addictive, healthy drug that has healing qualities that should be promoted for our youth to partake for its mind developing effects and legalized as America’s top cash crop.

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.

Compulsive Gambling, a Dangerous Addiction, with Dangerous Consequences

Endless hours spent at the casino, chasing bad money with good money, losing more and more, as you become more and more desperate. It can't happen to you right? You only play the occasional game of poker, or throw a few dollars into a slot machine occasionally. There can be a fine line between social gambling and compulsive gambling, and nobody who becomes a compulsive gambler, ever thinks that is will happen to them.

Gay Drug Addiction and Rehab in Chicago

The gay and lesbian community is attracted to drugs and alcohol at a rate higher than that of the heterosexual community. The questions are why and what is being done to help the gay community with gay drug addiction.

Drunk Driving Videos

Everybody is aware of the devastating impact of alcohol on a person's life. It gets even worse when a person drives under the influence. Driving after the consumption of alcohol is a sure way to end up in a fatal motor accident. Various government and social service agencies attempt to educate citizens on the perils of drunk driving. The production of drunk driving videos is a strategy to alert and restrain people from driving when they are drunk.

Prescription Drug Abuse

When a prescription drug is used in quantities more than the recommended dosage or when not required, it is termed drug abuse. Painkillers, tranquilizers and anti-anxiety drugs are some of the most commonly abused prescription drugs.

Drug Treatment for Women

Drug treatment for women is different from that of men. Nutritional needs are more for women for successful and sustained recovery. In general, women who use drugs would have experienced serious challenges in their life. They will have low confidence level, low self-esteem, and may feel powerless. Cultural and language difficulties sometimes delays treatment and recovery.

Most Common Plastic Surgery Traps

Avoid falling into these common cosmetic plastic surgery traps.

Addiction Recovery: Five Ways You Can Fight the Addiction Stigma and Regain Control of Your Life

Many people who suffer from addiction (chemical dependency) continue to believe it is dishonorable to be addicted. They attempt to conceal, minimize or deny it. It is quite apparent that people suffering from mental illness and addiction fight not only the disease but the stigma attached to the disease. Denial to admit the severity of the problem and fear of social embarrassment are two major reasons for not seeking help with alcohol and drug addiction. It seems that the majority of the general public believes that addiction is caused, at least in part, by moral weakness. Here are 5 simple steps you can take to fight the addiction stigma and regain control of your life:

Computer Addiction: Social and Multimedia Surfers

More and more people find themselves facing a difficult situation with computer addiction. It's an addiction that's shared by young and old, and now strikes as many women as men, as many young people as retirees, and people from every education and intellectual level. Different groups are more likely to be struck by different types of addictions, but there's plenty of computer addiction to go around.