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DARA Addiction Rehabilitation Center Pairs Up With Mahidol University Program

DARA Addiction Rehabilitation Center Pairs Up With Mahidol University Program
Darren Lockie and Dr. Prapapun Chuchareon exchanging the signed Memorandum of Understanding between the Addiction Studies Program of the ASEAN Institute for Health Development (AIHD), Mahidol University and DARA Thailand. (PRNewsFoto/Dara …
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Grant Hackett returns to Australia after rehab for addiction to sleeping pills
The former swimmer was spotted arriving at Brisbane Airport 35 days after checking into The Meadows rehabilitation centre in Arizona to deal with an addiction to the sleeping drug Stilnox. He was admitted to the clinic just days after being …
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'Draw Something' Game Helps Man Lose 400 Pounds

'Draw Something' Game Helps Man Lose 400 Pounds
Flemming was addicted to alcohol, severely morbidly obese and full of self-pity when he met Jackie Eastham through a random match on Draw Something, the Pictionary-like mobile game. It was the spring of 2012. … It was personal for Eastham, who lives …
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The game app that helped this 625-pound man lose nearly 400 pounds
Flemming was addicted to alcohol, severely morbidly obese and full of self-pity when he met Jackie Eastham through a random match on Draw Something, the Pictionary-like mobile game. It was the spring of 2012. … It was personal for Eastham, who lives …
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Anti-Anxiety and Sleeping Medications Are Killing Their Users
The list of unintentional risks caused from these medications goes on to include birth defects, seizures, heart problems, suicides and can even cause cancer. They also cause addiction. If it is left untreated, dependency has the possibility to take …
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K2 User Hopes Story of Addiction Stops Users – KOKI FOX 23

K2 user hopes story of addiction stops users – KOKI FOX 23

K2 user hopes story of addiction stops users
KOKI FOX 23
A Tulsa man admitted he abused synthetic drugs and sent FOX23 a message because he thinks the only thing that will stop use of the drugs is if you know the truth about it. Last month, FOX23 reported about local shelters refusing anyone who's taking the …

How to Stop Addiction – Google News

Can the World Economy Break Its Addiction to Stimulus? – Businessweek

Can the World Economy Break Its Addiction to Stimulus?
Businessweek
In China, keeping growth on track for the past five years has required ever larger injections of credit. The ratio of private-sector debt to GDP pushed over 200 percent in the first quarter of 2014, up from about 125 percent at the end of 2008. That

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I Think I Have a Tumblr Addiction?

Question by : I think i have a tumblr addiction?
is it a bad thing that im pretty much addicted to tumblr? and if it is, can someone give me an idea on how to stop being addicted to it? thanks.

Best answer:

Answer by justhegirl
That’s normal. Tumblr’s amazing. You could try taking a break from the computer every hour, planning more stuff do do with friends/family, or deleting your tumblr account (your blog is still safe, all you have to do is log back in and everything will be back to normal).

Answer by hatethatiloveyou2216
I have the same problem….i say you should disable your account for a bit:)

I've Only Got 1 Thing To Say To Folks Who Don't Understand Fat Acceptance
Her shallow and facile understanding of a radical and complex movement could have been pretty easily remedied by talking to some of the actual fat people involved in the movement, most of whom are easily engaged on Twitter, Tumblr, and various other …
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What Happens to Your Brain on Sugar, Explained by Science – PolicyMic

What Happens to Your Brain on Sugar, Explained by Science – PolicyMic


PolicyMic

What Happens to Your Brain on Sugar, Explained by Science
PolicyMic
For addicts, the opposite is true: That spike in Dopamine only comes in anticipation of the reward, as opposed to the actual reward itself. Later, once the reward is gotten, the effects are blunted because the brain has been flooded with dopamine as it

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How Addiction Happens – Google News

Sexual Sobriety: Recovering from Sex Addiction – PsychCentral.com (blog)


PsychCentral.com (blog)

Sexual Sobriety: Recovering from Sex Addiction
PsychCentral.com (blog)
A bedrock of 12-step programs revolves around giving back, otherwise known as “being of service.” Addiction happens in isolation and is always self-centered. Participating in community activities and being of service is the polar opposite of the latter

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How Addiction Happens – Google News

HopeRX, Project Lazarus unite to combat overdoses – BlueRidgeNow.com

When Does Drug Addiction Occur?

Question by Legitimo E: When does Drug addiction occur?
Drug addiction occurs when
An individual will lie about taking a drug
A drug no longer causes a person to get high, but they take it again
Biological or psychological dependence on taking the drug develops
A person can be without the drug no longer than five days

Best answer:

Answer by joe_fleeman
Psychological dependence is just as destructive as physical dependence.
When it becomes your master is when the addiction begins.When you do what you have to to have it.

Answer by Tyler
Let’s put it in simple terms, then go onto the more complex answer.

Simple: Drug addiction occurs when an individual NEEDS the drug to live essentially, much like food and water, but the user will feel more compelled to use the drug, rather than eat and drink water.