What is Abuse? Drug use issues in abuse survivors – Abuse is an epidemic that is all too common around the world. Whether the abuse is from an intimate partner, an adult to a child, or adult on adult abuse, it is scary and damaging. While abuse is well known for causing physical injuries, it …
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What is Online Gambling Addiction? An online gambling addiction, also known as compulsive gambling or a gambling disorder, is the uncontrollable urge to keep gambling in spite of the toll it may take or is taking on one’s life. Gambling in general means that you are willing to risk something of value to you in …
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What is Suicidal Behavior? Suicide is the act of taking one’s own life, on purpose. Suicidal behavior are any actions that could result in death and is done on purpose. Such as overdosing or crashing a car purposely. Suicide and suicidal behavior are more likely in certain populations. Such as those who have: Mental disorders …
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What are Eating Disorders? Eating disorders are on the rise in the world. Whether this can be blamed on social media, celebrities, or simply because they are more often recognized than in generations prior is uncertain. Clinically, eating disorders are illnesses in which people experience severe disturbances in their eating, related thoughts and emotions. People …
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Gambling Addiction Gambling is defined as risking something of value with the hopes of winning something that has greater value in return. It is common in many cultures to gamble on a variety of things and generally this is fine and not a problem, but some people end up with a gambling addiction or disorder. …
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Intervention Defined Before discussing intervention expectations, first we need to define what is an intervention. An intervention is a process by which the family, friends, a professional interventionist, and counselors show a person who is struggling with addiction the negative impacts of the disease on their lives and that of those who care about them. …
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Addiction has its basis in a number of different areas. To some degree addiction is genetic in that a child is more prone to addiction if their parent is an addict. But addiction can also form based on environment. Part of the environment is the stress that it causes and stress can often lead to …
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The History of Ecstasy Ecstasy is one of those drugs that many people have heard of and several have tired, though the popularity for ecstasy has gone up and down over the years. It became very popular in the 70s and 80s as a party drug because it was legal. But when outlawed the popularity …
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What is Substance Abuse? Substance abuse is simply defined in the dictionary as an overindulgence in or dependence on an addictive substance. When most people think about substance abuse, they picture someone smoking crack, shooting up heroin in some dark alley, or popping pills at a party, but substance abuse actually goes beyond this. Substance …
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Using Cocaine – Many Names Cocaine is a stimulant drug that has euphoric effects. It is so powerful that a single, first time use can lead to addiction. But it is also loved by those who party. Cocaine wasn’t always considered dangerous as it was used as an anesthetic and even an ingredient in Coca-Cola …