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Toddlers’ Actions Can Indicate Risk for Future Drug, Alcohol Abuse
Parents, teachers and community members struggle with similar questions related to teens and drugs: Are there early cues that a child is at risk, and how can a person know if certain behaviors are...
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Safety Checklist for Starting College No Freshman (or Her Parents) Should Be...
A College Sophomore Shares the Personal Lessons She Learned About Clubbing, Date Rape and Dorm Safety: I don’t know about you, but I like lists. They keep me organized and together. To-do lists for...
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Beware of Using Casual Drinking to Alleviate Stress
Drinking alcohol is not always a bad thing. In fact, many adults all over the world are able to partake of the occasional beverage in a social setting and neither get drunk nor become an alcoholic. On...
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Childhood Trauma Linked With Later Alcohol Misuse
Those who treat alcohol addiction know there is a combination of factors involved in any single case. An individual may have a family history of alcoholism that could indicate a genetic disposition to...
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Tips for Helping a Friend Who is an Alcoholic – Part 1
If you have a friend you suspect suffers from alcoholism or another addiction, naturally your inclination is to want to do something. Perhaps you used to be drinking buddies and as you put aside some...
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Tips for Helping a Friend Who is an Alcoholic – Part 2
Continued from Tips for Helping a Friend Who is an Alcoholic – Part 1 We don’t always intuitively know how to handle alcoholics, especially if alcoholism and recovery haven’t been a part of our own...
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Recovery From The Egotistical Delusion In Addiction
“I felt bad that I had worried them like that, but in my self-centeredness it had simply never occurred to me that they cared that much.” (Alcoholics Anonymous, 445) Addicts are plagued simultaneously...
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When Depression Strikes In Mid-Life
Mid-life brings with it a host of changes, such as uncooperative joints, embarrassing moments of incontinence, and graying hair. Many of these undesirable changes are the fodder for...
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When The Stigma Of Mental Illness Keeps Christians From Getting Treatment
You already sense that something isn’t quite right. Perhaps you experience debilitating periods of sadness and despair, or find that gripping bouts of anxiety are paralyzing you to the point that you...
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Exercise Addiction: When Workouts Go Too Far
Most doctors, health experts and trainers would say that the majority of Americans get far too little exercise. There does exist a small percentage of people, however, who overdo it when it comes to...
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The Dangers Of Cheese Heroin
If you’re a parent, the word heroin should be a serious cause for concern. It’s long been recognized as a highly addictive and dangerous drug, capable of hurting or even killing those who abuse it....
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How To Tell If You Have A Gambling Addiction Problem
Relatable And Personal Gambling Problems A few years back I began gambling online, betting on professional football games. I had never made such wagers before, but ease of access combined with my...
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Teens And Their Addiction To Love
Teens can be intense about friendships and opposite sex relationships. Parents might deem this behavior a normal part of growing up, but a pattern of intense relationships can turn into love addiction....
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What Makes A Finger-Tapping Test A Key Indicator of Intoxication?
Legally speaking, drunkenness is defined as a level of alcohol intoxication that boosts the body’s blood-alcohol level to 0.08 percent or higher. However, the impairing effects of drinking begin long...
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Do You Need Help For A Gambling Addiction?
Gambling is one of the few behaviors that have been officially recognized by experts as addictive. Problem gambling is an example of a process addiction, an addictive disorder that does not involve...
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Why Heavy Drinkers Have Higher Risk Of Divorce
People involved in problematic alcohol consumption have a well-established tendency to experience serious disruptions in their intimate relationships. Among married individuals, these disruptions may...
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How To Overcome A Gambling Addiction
Problem gambling is an example of what experts call a process addiction. Also known as a behavioral addiction, this is the type of addiction that does not involve ingesting a mind-altering substance...
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Signs And Treatment Of Alcohol Withdrawal
Alcohol addiction is associated with a multitude of health and quality-of-life problems. Heavy drinking increases the risk of heart disease and several types of cancer, as well as liver disease. In...
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Codependency And Relationships In Addiction
It was alcoholism that first led to the coining of the psychological term “codependency.” Now experts know that codependent personality disorder is a real mental health issue and one that can apply to...
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What Does An Eating Disorder Look Like?
Eating disorders are a form of mental illness that seriously affects a person’s relationship with food and their daily eating patterns. A person with an eating disorder (ED) may consume very little...
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