How Addiction Happens

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Question by Leia: why substance addiction is worse than internet addiction?

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Answer by E E
Because substance addiction generally leads to irreversible changes in your brain and disrupts normal neurotransmitter function. (Basically, it messes with the chemicals that allow your brain to work properly, and these kinds of problems are hard to fix).

One can argue that internet addiction also causes brain changes, as any type of learning does, but I would assume it is more easily reversed since no new chemicals are introduced into the brain, disrupting normal neurotransmitter function. Internet addiction is a habit, whereas substance addition is a habit PLUS some serious biological changes.

Hope this helps!

Answer by -||Ross||-
probably because internet addiction isn’t filling your body with chemicals :/    Read more...

Food Addicts Have Impulsive Personalities
It may sound absurd but it may happen. This is because the … People who are at high risk of developing food addiction are those who experience frequent stress in their lives, and those who are addicted to drugs, alcohol or to some bad habits. ID …
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Stay within guidelines of moderate drinking to avoid related health problems
The specific organ damage that happens with too much alcohol use varies considerably from one person to another. The most common health effects include heart, liver and nerve damage, as well as memory problems and sexual dysfunction. Unless you or …
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Stop Drinking Alcohol Week 15 – How to Stay Focused – Alcohol Mastery — Welcome to this week’s Thursday Tally from Alcohol Mastery. Here’s the link to the post: http://alcoholmastery.com/how-to-stay-focused-thursday-tally-15 The …

Question by iloveweddings: Breaking a sugar addiction?
I am very fit and healthy looking, but lately I have been having such a craving for sugar and it’s gotten totally out of control over the last 1-2 months. I have always loved sweets, but again, lately it’s like an addiction that I can’t stop. I am steadily gaining weight from eating sweets and I need to stop! I am wanting some tips from others that have broken their sugar addiction. How did you do it? I imagine “cold turkey” is the way to go? Thanks to all who answer.

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Answer by Bolgger Uno
with the cravings maby you have a baby on the way, it also explain the weight gain! =D congrads!!!!!

Answer by mustard
I stop all bad habits cold turkey. But with sweets, find a healthy substitute you like just as much.    Read more...

Addiction Treatment Therapy | Natural Bad Habits Remedy — http://www.gemisphere.com/conditions/habitsNaturalRemedies.htm?kbid=VCHBT Few things in life are as difficult to change as a habit, especially a bad habit, e…

Colorado marijuana update: Addiction expert, Colorado resident sound off on …
1, and depending on who you ask, it was either a good or a bad move. Though still illegal at the federal level, it may be just a matter of time before this "soft" drug is not only widely available, but legally acceptable in other states. Colorado …
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Ex-users help heroin addicts out of death spiral
His counterpart — women's house manager Nicole Cunningham — has about the same number of opiate-addicted females. “Opiate users are younger and younger and younger,” Soper said. … It's not just bad behavior. There's always a driving force behind it …
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Question by Adam: How to stop an addiction?
I need help stopping my bad habits of just coming home and finding something to do other than homework, it’s starting to become an addiction, just watching netflix all day or playing something on xbox/pc, finding apps, etc. I somehow always find something to take my attention away from my school work. It’s not that I don’t like school, I just hate working, but in the end I just want that A. It’s really weird how I always seem to concentrate when it’s late. Any advice please? How do you stop an addiction?

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Answer by Alex
Stop doing it….

Addiction: Can You Stop Loving Him?
While the emails deal with almost every situation imaginable — or unimaginable — the majority overwhelmingly are from women who are addicted to one or more men in their lives. While there is generally a comment about the sex being “amazing” or “great …
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Chris Hedges | The Myth of Human Progress and the Collapse of Complex …
They feed the human addiction for illusion, happiness and hope. They peddle the fantasy of eternal … Complex civilizations have a bad habit of ultimately destroying themselves. Anthropologists including Joseph …. “What is it,” Ahab finally asks …
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Binge watching: Is it the new addiction?
The question is, has this option created a new addiction or facilitated the habits of a pre-existing one? “I'm not … Like Barton, many members of the North Lake family deny the plausibility of an addiction to Netflix, citing that they can stop …
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Addicted to work, at the cost of love
Still, he couldn't stop working. As Robinson recounts in his book, when he and Jamey reconciled later that year, Robinson participated in a group to help Jamey recover from alcoholism — and that's when a facilitator confronted Robinson about his work …
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