"Being Treated Like a Drug Addict"
I was recently involved in an online discussion about issues in various healthcare fields, leading one contributer to state that people who are prescribed pain medications have to cope with everyone treating them "like drug addicts." It got me thinking, what exactly is "being treated like a drug addict?"...Read Full Post (Source: About.com Addictions)
Source: About.com Addictions - March 26, 2013 Category: Addiction Source Type: news
Smoking Today and Quitting Smoking Tomorrow
Once considered a harmless indulgence, smoking has become a socially repugnant and stigmatized addiction. Many non-smokers wonder why smokers continue, despite the cost and social drawbacks, while smokers wonder what life would be like if they were ever able to quit. ...Read Full Post (Source: About.com Addictions)
Source: About.com Addictions - March 26, 2013 Category: Addiction Source Type: news
What Was That Pill You Found?
It's every parent's nightmare -- that you will find a stash of drugs in your child's room. Or perhaps it's your partner, or someone else you care about, that you think might be using drugs. There is now a simple way to find out what that pill was that you found. ...Read Full Post (Source: About.com Addictions)
Source: About.com Addictions - March 17, 2013 Category: Addiction Source Type: news
Understanding Shopping Addiction
A lot of the information you read about addiction lists drug effects, symptoms of addiction, and talks about brain chemistry. Sometimes, it seems like the person experiencing all of that is forgotten, or that they are written off as a powerless addict who never reflects of what they are doing. But truly understanding the experience of addiction requires you to get into the mind of someone going through it -- which is the idea behind the "day in the life" series. ...Read Full Post (Source: About.com Addictions)
Source: About.com Addictions - March 10, 2013 Category: Addiction Source Type: news
Sex Addiction - Not As Fun As It Sounds
It's easy for people with a healthy sexual appetite to mock and undermine the concept of sex addiction. To those for whom sex is a fun or fulfilling part of life, sex addiction may sound like a weak excuse for greedy and irresponsible sexual excess. If only it were that simple....Read Full Post (Source: About.com Addictions)
Source: About.com Addictions - February 27, 2013 Category: Addiction Source Type: news
Done With Methadone? Don't Quit Too Quickly...
Methadone can be a real life-saver when heroin addiction has taken over your day to day existance. But after a while, many people on methadone (Source: About.com Addictions)
Source: About.com Addictions - February 23, 2013 Category: Addiction Source Type: news
Video Game Addiction
The potential for video games to be addictive is a great worry to parents. Kids sometimes spend hours a day playing video games -- but does that mean they are addicted?...Read Full Post (Source: About.com Addictions)
Source: About.com Addictions - February 21, 2013 Category: Addiction Source Type: news
Harm Reduction Advocate Receives Queen's Diamond Jubliee Medal
Dr Perry Kendall, tireless advocate for the cause of harm reduction, and supporter of Insite, North America's first safe injection site, was today honored with a Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal. ...Read Full Post (Source: About.com Addictions)
Source: About.com Addictions - February 17, 2013 Category: Addiction Source Type: news
Mixing Alcohol With Medications - A Recipe For Disaster
No matter how regularly you drink, you should take great care, and if possible, avoid alcohol when taking medications -- even those you buy over-the-counter.
There are several different reasons why alcohol and medications can be dangerous in combination:...Read Full Post (Source: About.com Addictions)
Source: About.com Addictions - February 13, 2013 Category: Addiction Source Type: news
Warning: Valentine's Day Can Seriously Damage Your Health
What could be more harmless than Valentine's Day, a day to celebrate romantic love? Well, according to love addiction expert Steve Sussman, the cynical promotion of products such as Valentine's Day cards, as well as romantic movies, novels, and pop songs, should come with a health warning. ...Read Full Post (Source: About.com Addictions)
Source: About.com Addictions - February 10, 2013 Category: Addiction Source Type: news
Over-Exercise and Stimulant Drugs -- A Deadly Combination
Claire Squires died at the young age of 30, just a mile from the finish line of the London Marathon. The cause? A deadly combination of over-exertion and a stimulant designer drug called DMAA, according to Heartwire. ...Read Full Post (Source: About.com Addictions)
Source: About.com Addictions - January 29, 2013 Category: Addiction Source Type: news
When Does Working Out Become an Addiction?
Exercise addiction is probably the most contradictory of all the addictions. Not only is exercise a widely promoted health behavior, it is an important part of recovery from another addiction, and an effective part of treatment for depression and other mental health problems. This is because exercise has many psychological benefits, as well as physical benefits. In fact, the positive effects of exercise, and particularly outdoor exercise are on a par with medications as a treatment for depression, which often co-occurs with or underlies addictions. ...Read Full Post (Source: About.com Addictions)
Source: About.com Addictions - January 26, 2013 Category: Addiction Source Type: news
Cyberstalking is a Form of Violence
January is National Stalking Awareness Month, a reminder that stalking is an unacceptable form of violence that no-one should have to put up with. And cyberstalking is a modern form of stalking that is so harmful, it was recently implicated in the tragic death of 15 year old Amanda Todd. ...Read Full Post (Source: About.com Addictions)
Source: About.com Addictions - January 19, 2013 Category: Addiction Source Type: news
Drinking Yourself to Sleep
A study, published in the journal "Sleep," indicated that people who attempt to combat insomnia through through self-medication spend far more on alcohol (an estimated $339.8 million in the province where the study was based) than on either prescription medications ($16.5 million), or over the-counter products ($1.8 million). Information on illicit drug use was not included....Read Full Post (Source: About.com Addictions)
Source: About.com Addictions - January 16, 2013 Category: Addiction Source Type: news
What Not to Say About Addiction
<p>As some of the most misunderstood health conditions around today, people living with <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://addictions.about.com/od/howaddictionhappens/a/defaddiction.htm">addictions</a> of all kinds have to put up with ignorant comments from family, healthcare workers, and even the media. <!--more--></p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://addictions.about.com/b/2013/01/16/what-not-to-say-about-addiction.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> (Source: About.com Addictions)
Source: About.com Addictions - January 12, 2013 Category: Addiction Source Type: news
