Saturday, February 27th, 2010
I was talking with a friend the other night, and he asked me my opinion about the line between addiction and normal behavior. He was wondering whether I think that everyone who looks at porn is a sex addict.
I don't. (see some of our posts on sex addiction here)
Still, the ...
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Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
I think it's common knowledge that children are more likely to develop a psychiatric disorder when one of their parents is diagnosed with one. Just in case it isn't, as much as 80% of the likelihood that a person will develop a mental health disorder is genetically determined.
The genetics ...
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Tuesday, December 15th, 2009
A recent article in the UCLA health system magazine Vital Signs talks about the increased prevalence of prescription drug abuse.
Apparently, at 20%, prescription drugs are now the most commonly abused group of substances after alcohol and marijuana. With the same prevalence among teens, this is certainly a concern.
The article notes ...
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Sunday, December 13th, 2009
The question that seems to be on everybody's mind (except perhaps that of the addict), is:
SO HOW CAN I HELP ?!?!?
- One of the first things you must do if you want to help someone with an addiction is to educate yourself. Obviously, you are already beginning the process by ...
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Thursday, November 26th, 2009
Contributing co-author: Andrew Chen
We've already talked about the fact that sex addiction (or love addiction) is defined by the inability to regulate sexual behavior despite negative consequences. We also mentioned already that it affects millions of Americans.
Addictive sexual behaviors can range from compulsive masturbation and porn watching, to compulsive cheating, ...
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Saturday, November 21st, 2009
Breaking news: When alcoholics who have gone through treatment have a drink after a certain length of sobriety, most don't go off the deep end.
Slip scares and abstinence
The old AA adage: "One drink is too many, and a thousand not enough," refers to the fact that alcoholics who are sober ...
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Saturday, November 7th, 2009
We've already talked (see here) about the fact that well-off teens are in no way protected from the damages of drug abuse. We've even published a story by a reader who became addicted to heroin after another friend introduced her to snorting oxycontin pills. This recent article, published in the ...
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