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Internet Addiction Treatment
Psychologists who classify Internet addictions as extreme addictive disorders and compare them to alcohol addictions are taking Internet surfing to a whole new level.
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Can Video Games Cause Addiction
A recent paper published is claiming video games can lead to addiction, similar to gambling or alcohol, and a vote is called to determine its including in the DSM IV
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Hiding Behind The Family Coat of Arms
So you drank or used to be happy? Did it work? Who do you have to blame for your unhappiness? Do you hide behind the family coat of arms?
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INTERNET ADDICTIVE DISORDER (IAD) A Mental Illness?
Internet Addiction is not a classifiable mental disorder at the present time. Read this article to learn more!
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Online Trading Addiction
Do you have a problem with "Online Trading Addiction"? This article helps you answer that question and offers resources on where to get help.
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Raising a Child in Five Easy Lessons
Being a good parent is can be a simple thing. So can being a bad parent.
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Soundwaves to Cure Game Addiction?
A new Korean company says they have the solution for online video game addiction: subliminal messages
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xtive
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yun yun-hae
Tweens and Screen Addiction
Tweens often know more about the Internet then their parents. Is your tween spending too much time on the computer? Learn more about screen addiction.
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Video Game Addiction Clinic
Twitching because there's no controller in your hand? Traditional addiction clinics might not be able to help, but a centre in Amsterdam now has help for game addicts.
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Addictions
A recent study claims that extensive Internet use turns people into social misfits and leads to depression, isolation, and addiction. They must not have looked at the online community of <i>Xena</i> fans, because we're a pretty social bunch.
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ADDICTIONS and STORYTELLING
Addiction steals personal power.<br> Addiction steals self-esteem.<br> Addiction steals family peace.<br> Recovery is not only possible, it is repeatable, one convert after another.
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Chocolate addictions:
Dark chocolate, and in particular the cocoa in the chocolate, has exhibited significant health benefits in the last decade in numerous clinical studies.
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Colleen Murphy: Three Addictions
This award-winning playwright likes the concept of a creative work trinity - be it operatic libretto, film direction, or developing a character's arc.
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the december man
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out in the cold
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enslavement and liberation of oksana g
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deliver me
Lets Go Shopping Takes On Male Addictions, Male Baldness, and The Football Virus
Is football season getting you down? Here's some whimsical suggestion on how to learn to live with it.
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Overcoming Addictions
Overcoming addictions like smoking, overeating and addictive relationships can be a huge struggle. Try these tips to help you quit smoking or end addictive relationships.
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Why Stars Struggle with Addictions
Actor Heath Ledger was famous, handsome, wealthy, & talented. On January 22, 2008, he was found dead of a possible overdose in his apartment in Manhattan. Ledger was 28.
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Drug Addiction Treatment
Physical abnormalities in the brains of substance abusers changes drug addiction treatment & alcoholic treatment. Impulse control is impaired even when they're sober.
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A Pagan's Path to Recovery
A drug addict with 15 years clean shares her alternative spiritual path of recovery.
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Living a Full Life
Living a full life means the happiness but also the aches and pains of life.
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Remembering To Say Thanks
A slogan or saying one might hear a lot in the rooms of 12 step meetings, or at the rehab hospitals, is "having an attitude of gratitude."
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Some People are Very Different from You and I
Having lived in a number of different places in the United States, and having worked in a variety of jobs, I think I can safely say that I've been around.
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The Concepts Behind the Twelve Steps
What doe the Twelve Steps of recovery programs like A.A. and Al Anon mean? Here's one way of breaking the steps down into some concepts to help us understand how the steps can help us in our daily lives.
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The Making of a Gardener: How Plants become Addictive
Just what is it that makes us brake for nurseries and salivate at seed racks?
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We Can Come Back
The hope of recovery from addictions
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Writers, Lost in (Cyber)Space
Online writers spend (or waste) so much valuable time web surfing, trying to find the perfect site for their writing talents. Often, they realize, when they analyze, that this, like many other habits of theirs, is actually compulsiveness. It's almost like an addiction.
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8 Signs of Internet Addiction
Is internet addiction a symptom of other psychological conditions such as depression or obsessive compulsive disorder? Find out here. Plus, 8 signs of internet addiction.
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Addiction & Dependence
As many try to make sense of a loved one's behaviors surrounding their drinking or drug use, it is important to remember that addiction is an illness that must be treated
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Addiction and Release
This is an article on depression and hopelessness. It talks about addiction and release through belief in a higher power and acceptance.
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Addiction and Spirituality
Offers a simple, easy to understand definition of addiction versus drug dependency, of spirituality versus religion.
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Addiction and Spirituality - Part 2
In this article we begin to define the realm of spirituality and the ways we are connected to it. From here we will go to specific subjects designed to promote understanding and access.
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Addiction Behavior Identified (1)
Anne Wilson Schaef explained addiciton behaviors in a way I could relate too. Seeing them in my life and in those around me who were not addicted to substances has given me new perspective.
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Addiction Behavior Identified (2)
Anne Wilson Schaef explained addiciton behaviors in a way I could relate too. Many of the issues we face as addicts or family members of addicts are issues that are considered to be dualistic.
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Addiction Behavior Identified (3)
Anne Wilson Schaef explained addiciton behaviors in a way I could relate too. The last I will discuss here, from the book is being judgmental. I have also provided some links to her other books and tapes.
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Admitting Your Addiction
Addiction takes many forms. All of them are harmful to someone, even those which are condoned by society. Admitting your addiction is the first step in kicking the habit.
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Brain Chemistry and Food Addiction
Scientists are starting to uncover startling evidence that suggests overweight people owe their food addiction to low levels of certain brain chemicals.
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Break Your Food Addiction
Discover why you are addicted to food, the problem with the behavior and answers on how to break free from your food addiction.
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Caffeine Addiction
Stimulant dependency affects mood and energy as well as having the possibility for long term and severe psychological repercussions.
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Crack Cocaine Addiction
Crack addiction may be hard for people to notice. However, by learning how to pay attention to these physical, financial and social warnings, crack use can be stopped.
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Drug Addiction and Your Baby
This article talks about the detrimental effects drug addiction has on the unborn fetus.
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Dual Diagnosis and Addiction Resources
Many of us have been diagnosed with a mental illness along with our substance abuse issues. There are professionals who recognize that the traditional treatment protocols won't work for us.
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Facing Drug Addiction
A family discovers the power of honesty and openness as a tool to battle the shroud of secrecy surrounding alcoholism and addiction.
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Facing My Own Addiction
The story of a Sara M., a drug addict and alcoholic who never went to jail, lost her family, or her health, but was dying inside...
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Gambling-The New Addiction
I have only scratched the surface of this topic with the above article. It is truly a highly devastating addiction that until just recently has been brought out as being a true epidemic on the rise. Monetarily and most certainly addictively.
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Internet Addiction - Fact or Fantasy?
Is there such a thing as Internet addiction? Or is it just some media hype and propaganda machine?
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Mock wedding shows extent of gamer's addiction
In another case of computer gaming addiction, two people were actually married in a game of Quake II!
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Obesity and Drug Addiction
Compulsive reward-seeking behavior in obese individuals and drug addicts is associated with decreased numbers of dopamine D2 receptors.
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Resources About Adolescents and Addiction
Here are some links with teen-agers in mind. Some of it can even help the adult addicts among us.
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Rubber Stamping-Avocation or Addiction
New to Suite 101-Rubber Stamping and Lots of Fun!
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Sugar Addiction
Some experts believe kicking sugar is harder than kicking cigarettes or even heroine!
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The Cure for Sugar Addiction
A guide to understanding sugar cravings and addictions and helpful ways to deal with them. It takes a determined decision to improve on diet choices and way of life.
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