Alcohol addiction is a chronic and progressive condition that may attack any age, race, sex or orientation without prejudice. Alcohol addiction is all-encompassing, ruining the life of the sufferer and affects the lives of those around him or her. While alcohol addiction does not currently have a known cure, treatment can help the individual learn how to control their urges so they can live a productive life of sobriety. The key to sobriety is...more
Heroin is an extremely addictive substance that causes noticeable changes within seconds of being used. Almost immediately the user begins to feel a sudden rush of intense euphoria, and then an instant sensation of heaviness followed by a warm calming feeling that takes over the entire body. Once this rush sensation has passed, a feeling of drowsiness overcomes the users body. As the user continues to fluctuate between a state of drowsiness and a...more
Heroin is an illegal drug that is derived from morphine. Heroin affects the brains pleasure and craving pathways causing intense feelings of euphoria. Heroin also has an incredible ability to eliminate the bodys ability to feel pain. As this drug feels so good to the user, it is also highly addictive. Among the people who use heroin, it is extremely rare for them not to develop a heroin addiction, sometimes after only their first or second dose. For the last 100 years heroin has been one of the most popular drugs used in Hollywood, although ironically, heroin addiction usually does not do wonders for ones appearance, leaving the user looking worn out and beat up.How Heroin Addiction Affects Ones Appearance?Heroin addiction is probably the hardest addiction to overcome. Heroin not only ruins your health, but steals your vitality, your youth, and in many cases, your life. Heroin users can usually be identified by the way they look. Besides obvious bruises and rugged injection marks on their arms, people are actively addicted to heroin will also tend to have the following features: * Droopy posture * Constricted pupils * Poor hygiene * Constant runny nose * Watery eyes ...more
Because of the huge influx of doctors and the rising pace at which these doctors are prescribing pain killing medications; by the way all of which are high potency drugs, it has become all the more easy for patients to become addicted to such pain killing drugs like Oxycontin. Oxycontin is exceptionally effective in relieving chronic pain symptoms...more
Breaking the Life Cycle of Addiction is PossibleAddiction has a very distinct life cycle. At the root of addiction, are addicts experiencing emotional or physical pain. Maybe some addicts have had a death in the family, a rejection by a lover, or a debilitating injury that causes chronic pain. Most addicts are basically good people who have trouble...more
Addiction doesnt suddenly occur over night and one certainly does not plan to become and addict. Alcohol and substance abuse begins as an experiment or a habit out of curiosity. Peer pressure and stressful situations can also add to the need to use. Addiction sometimes starts as a way to help people deal with other forms of pain that they are dealing with in their life.Using alcohol and other substances are only a temporary escape. Before you know it, your body will crave more of the substance just to get through your everyday routine. Continued usage will change the structure of your brain and that will result in more cravings. Over time, the substances will replace your bodys natural production of these chemicals. Soon, the body will become completely physically dependent on the substances for feelings that the chemicals provide. The body will go through extreme cravings, similar to hunger pangs, if it does not consume the substance.As addiction progresses, your body will become physically and psychologically dependent. This means that it will be easy for an individual to lose their ability to stop using the substance. Continued substance abuse will also affect important parts of...more
Alcohol has a corrosive action on liver, and may also lead to complications of brain, heart, stomach, pancreas and other important organs of the body. A person becomes alcoholic when excessive intake of alcohol throws certain chemicals in the brain...more
With methamphetamine addiction on the rise not just here in America but all over the world to the point where it is now considered an epidemic, something has to be done about this and now. Not only is this drug extremely addictive, but...more
It is good news that young adult drinking and tobacco use continues to drop all over the United States, according to a report published by the Associated Press. However, the bad news is that young adults are still looking to get...more
The world of medicine is evolving every day. Techniques that were once thought as a "sure thing" are now practices of the past. When the realization that treatment centers for addiction were needed in the United States, treatment...more
These days women have become more multi- tasking than before, they perform on different levels with similar grace and confidence. They are increasingly becoming self dependent in all the spheres of life. They are able to carry out...more
Once it is decided to quit the addiction, one needs professional support and guidance. The rehabs offer their services based on two types one of which is the outpatient program and the other one is residential program. The outpatient...more