 How To Make An Alcohol Or Drug Addiction Treatment Successful? - 14-10-2007 22:56:21
Drug addiction treatment can take many forms, depending on the specific addiction involved. Other factors that determine your exact drug or alcohol addiction treatment include the severity of your drug addiction problem, the length of your current drug addiction problem and your personal and family history of drug addiction. Your treatment plan will be customized [...] more »
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Can Love Be An Addiction? - 20-10-2006 15:06:00
Can love really be an addiction? Stanton Peele says this: There is an understandable resistance to the idea that a human relationship can be equivalent psychologically to a drug addiction. Yet it is not unreasonable to look for addiction between... more »
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Tips To Overcome An Addiction - 16-5-2008 6:49:23
For anyone who is undergoing an addiction, getting past the dependencies and addiction can place on the human body can be a tough game. Even the simplest of addictions can be tough to cure- but luckily, there are a few tips to overcome an addiction before it gets any worse.SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Tips To Overcome An Addiction", url: "http://www.newsalistic.com/tips-to-overcome-an-addiction" }); more »
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Adolescent Stages Of Addiction - 14-10-2006 11:43:31
... hopes and dreams. The sad fact is that that every addict started life as a human being with great potential. The addiction, like an overwhelming cancer can consume every aspect of the adolescents life. There are different stages of addiction. Each stage would require a different type of treatment modality. They are the early stage, the middle stage and the late or advanced stage of addiction. In adolescents, the stages of addiction can progress more quickly than as an adult, although this is not always true. It can take a few months or a few years to reach the later stages of addiction.... more »
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addiction - 10-5-2006 5:47:11
if I had my druthers, I would've opted out of a food addiction and into a cocaine or oxycontin addiction. they're both fat free highs that don't make you hungry. oh, well, at least I have something to aspire to in my next life.
a girl's gotta see the positives!
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Doctor Urges AMA To Classify Gaming Addiction - 15-6-2007 2:58:57
The AMA has issued a set of findings and recommendations (Word document) which follow a lengthy look at possible connections between gaming and violence, as well as gaming addiction. Ars Technica has a very good summary of the report, which suggests that gaming addiction is likely to be a subset of Internet addiction ‘as it most frequently occurs in players of MMORPGs. more »
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E-books, kids’ backs and ‘Internet addiction’ - 15-11-2006 10:41:36
“Internet addiction” is in the news again, complete with a reference to medical problems; and I have mixed feelings about this despite no mention of e-books per se. Do we read article decrying p-book addiction? What’s more, shudder, e-text addiction could cover the consumption of online newspapers.
That said, the medical risks are very real—and would [...] more »
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Tell-Tale Signs Of Alcohol Addiction - 8-5-2008 18:31:48
An addiction to alcohol is no candid matter to discuss- it can alter one's life for the worst with almost no indication things are going downhill. Thus, it is important to find out an addiction to alcohol as soon as possible, so as to keep one's life on track regardless. Knowing the symptoms of alcohol addiction, then, is important to one's safety.SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Tell-Tale Signs Of Alcohol Addiction", url: "http://www.newsalistic.com/tell-tale-signs-of-alcohol-addiction" }); more »
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Addiction Aftermath - 20-3-2007 22:47:48
Addiction can come in all sorts of forms. Some people have prescription drug addiction, others are addicted to alcohol. Whatever form your nemesis takes, you need to go somewhere to clean up and start again. For celebs, there are plenty of detox places to choose from, where they can be with other rich and famous [...] more »
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LIFT07: Internet addiction - 9-2-2007 13:50:25
In a panel discussion about Internet addiction. Rather sheepishly blogging this. Not sure I like the term "addiction"... many of the examples given are driven by expectations. A stockbroker who checks his email 24/7 because the markets don't sleep isn't... more »
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Is technology addiction a reality? - 26-7-2006 16:16:57
Yesterday it was reported that Zurich's Department for the Prevention of Addiction had launched a poster campaign warning of Net addiction. Naturally, it pointed potential addicts to its web site, where they could fill in a self-assessment questionnaire. In a... more »
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Addiction, Genetics, and Social Therapy Stuff - 21-1-2008 7:35:26
The New Science of Addiction
"Drug addiction is a chronic disease characterized by changes in the brain which result in a compulsive desire to use a drug. A combination of many factors including...<br/>
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Winning The War Against Heroin Addiction - 7-5-2008 0:04:23
The scourge of heroin addiction is not just found in inner city slums but is more and more often found amongst the professionals such as lawyers, managers at the big end of town and the like. Thousands of addicts are engaged everyday in the battle against heroin addiction. Thankfully, the governments methadone clinics around the country are helping, giving many an opportunity to stop using this dangerous drug, however, owing to the lack of clinics many still do not have access to the help they provide yet others are abusing this help by replacing their addiction to heroin with an addiction to methadone.SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Winning The War Against Heroi more »
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Does Sexual Addiction Exist? - 25-8-2006 16:00:00
Wikipedia offers good information and a lively discussion on sexual addiction, what it is and whether it exists. Check it out at: http://www.answers.com/topic/sexual-addiction... more »
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How Motivation Aids Addiction Treatment - 25-5-2008 15:23:31
Any type of goal in life is going to be tough to achieve, but through ample motivation, virtually anything can be accomplished. This holds true for addiction recovery patients who need to keep confident and secure in their attempt to overcome and addiction. But doing so, as many will find, can be a difficult task to achieve.SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "How Motivation Aids Addiction Treatment", url: "http://www.newsalistic.com/how-motivation-aids-addiction-treatment" }); more »
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Addiction through the lens of neuroscience - 8-3-2008 18:14:08
Newsweek's cover article this week looks at how neuroscience is prompting researchers to develop new medications and vaccines to treat addiction: The emerging paradigm views addiction as a chronic, relapsing brain disorder to be managed with all the tools at... more »
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40 Percent of World of Warcraft Players Addicted - 9-8-2006 21:12:35
MMORPGs and game addiction. If you're suffering from dry eyes, headaches, back aches, erratic sleep patterns, it may be more than just your average hangover: according to Dr. Maressa Orzack, you could be suffering from video and computer game addiction. A clinical psychologist, Orzack is founder and coordinator of Computer Addiction Services at McLean Hospital in Newton, Mass., and is also an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School. Computer Addiction Services is one of the few outpatient clinics in the U.S. that provides specific treatment for game addiction." but I'm feelings much better now. Thanks to: slashdot.org more »
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What Addiction can Teach You about Personal Development - 26-3-2008 1:10:02
What can addiction teach us about personal development?
A lot. There is much wisdom to be learned by the addict’s journey from addiction to recovery. There are several parallels between recovery and personal development. Many would argue that their paths are actually one and the same. Read on for a comprehensive overview. more »
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quick links: Media, Alchemy, Pinball, and Drugs - 18-2-2008 16:21:40
Addiction in Popular Media
Click the graphics for addiction magazine articles, television shows, and videos:
Addiction Alchemy
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Ask Lifehacker Readers: Are you Internet addicts? - 11-5-2006 19:40:09
Ars Technica reports on the growing problem of Internet addiction, breaking the issue down to five different types:
Cybersexual addiction
Cyberrelationship addiction
Net compulsion
Information overload
Interactive gaming compulsion
The article links to an Internet Addiction Test hosted by the Center for Online and Internet Addiction intended to guage just how addicted to the 'net you are.
I don't know about Gina and Keith, but personally, I sometimes worry about my own "compulsive web surfing" due to "information overload" - but with a score of 38 on the Internet Addiction Test, I'm apparently "an average on-line user." How about you? Let us kno more »
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