• INTERVIEWS with addiction aftercare programs: Beating Addiction

    Monday, January 5th, 2009

    America is a country of over 23.6 million addicts … And BeatingAddiction.com is a social network that wants to help. Any addict. Any addiction. Read about the ideas and the beliefs behind this unique community as we talk to founder Alexander Kintis. We explore the WHY? WHAT? and WHO? of Beating Addiction in this interview.

     

  • How to treat work addiction? Tips from a work addict

    Friday, January 2nd, 2009

    The pressures of a global recession. The need to produce more for ego-satisfaction. Or simply the need to work as a distraction from inner pain. Call it what you will, work addiction is endemic to our society. So what are some tips for workaholics? How can we manage work addiction?

     

  • Caffeine addiction relapse : CONFESSIONS from a coffee addict

    Monday, December 15th, 2008

    Breaking any addiction is difficult. Participate in this dialogue about stopping drinking coffee. Is it easier said than done? Is coffee the final frontier? Or are the thoughts that drive the behavior even stronger? Read and add to the positive and negative side effects of coffee. Comments encouraged.

     

  • INTERVIEWS with addiction aftercare programs: STAGES

    Saturday, December 6th, 2008

    To inaugurate a new interview series, we talk to Cole Watts of STAGES of Recovery in Lubbock, TX a sober living aftercare program targeting college students. STAGES three core concepts of recovery support, education and career development help guide university students in recovery. Can newly recovered university students really achieve sobriety in a college town? See for yourself.

     

  • Caffeine addiction withdrawal: A coffee addict gets off java

    Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008

    Day three of no caffeine and feeling great. This post explores some of the reasons to stop drinking caffeine and some of the early positive effects of kicking a coffee habit. Do we really need to stimulate MORE mental activity in our culture? Do you?

     

  • Are HIV positive addicts and alcoholics treated equally?

    Monday, December 1st, 2008

    In honor of World AIDS Day 2008, we explore the ethical issues surrounding addiction treatment of patients diagnosed with HIV. Are these patients subject to discrimination? How possible is it really to treat ALL addicts equally? We explore if and how clinicians limit contact with HIV+ substance abusers and what we can do about it.

     

  • Top 10 steps in drug addiction intervention

    Saturday, November 29th, 2008

    Interventions are practices that aim to investigate a potential addiction problem and to motivate an individual to begin to do something about her substance abuse. This list indexes the intervention techniques used to address substance users. Although created for clinicians, these intervention techniques are also helpful for working the 12th Step.

     

  • Biofeedback as a tool for substance abuse cessation

    Monday, November 10th, 2008

    Electroencephalographic (EEG) biofeedback has been employed in substance abuse treatment for over three decades. But can this alternative modality of neurofeedback therapy work for addicts and the treatment of addiction?

     

  • Caffeine addiction: CONFESSIONS from a coffee addict

    Thursday, October 30th, 2008

    Perhaps you’ve been able to shake the warm, steaming demon of coffee addiction. If so …how did you do it? And what do you recommend for others who want to kick the daily habit?

     

  • Switching off cravings - topiramate used to manage addiction

    Thursday, October 23rd, 2008

    Neurology researchers are looking into how to switch off the intense cravings that triggers addiction. They are doing this by tweaking the reward pathways that reinforce addictive patterns. But is managed alcoholism still alcoholism? Should we be seeking such treatments or simply make people choose between intoxication or sobriety?

     
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