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Alcoholism affects millions of individuals. The effects of dependence on alcohol can be devastating on individuals and families. A person may begin to drink excessively if they are having trouble coping with their current situation in life or are plagued by a past event. Sometimes alcoholism is caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain. Whatever the cause, the individual eventually becomes completely dependent on alcohol, and cannot control their drinking. Alcohol abuse is deadly, and is a leading cause of liver failure and fatal car accidents.

Although it is not easy, treatment for alcoholism is available. The most successful way to recover from alcoholism is to enter a rehabilitation facility. Rehab clinics have programs that guide the patient step by step to help them regain the strength they need to fight their addiction. The patient needs to first realize that they have a drinking problem, and be willing to change. Then the structured environment of the clinic will help them get back to leading full and productive lives free from alcohol addiction.    Read more...

Causes of Addiction: Receptor limits the rewarding effects of food and cocaine
Researchers have long known that dopamine, a brain chemical that plays important roles in the control of normal movement, and in pleasure, reward and motivation, also plays a central role in substance abuse and addiction. In a new study conducted in animals, scientists found that a specific dopamine receptor, called D2, on dopamine-containing neurons controls an organism’s activity level and …
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Causes of Addiction: Betty Ford’s adopted desert home will host Tuesday’s memorial
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Causes Of Addiction: Home of Betty Ford’s rehab center absorbs loss
Rancho Mirage was a billionaires’ playground dotted by gated golf resorts and spas before Betty Ford’s rehab center made it famous to the rest of the world by treating a stream of spiraling Hollywood stars who…
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Causes of Addiction: Receptor limits the rewarding effects of food and cocaine – National Institutes of Health (press release)

Receptor limits the rewarding effects of food and cocaine National Institutes of Health (press release) When investigators examined behaviors related to brain mechanisms of reward and addiction, they found that mice lacking D2 autoreceptors worked longer and harder to obtain food, and showed increased sensitivity to the rewarding effects of cocaine, … and more »

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Causes of Addiction: ADDICTION TO PORN AT CRISIS LEVEL SAYS MORALITY IN MEDIA – The Cypress Times

Read more... ADDICTION TO PORN AT CRISIS LEVEL SAYS MORALITY IN MEDIA The Cypress Times Director of the Be Aware: PORN HARMS campaign, Dawn Hawkins commented, “The evidence of addiction to pornography is now so overwhelming that it cannot be denied. Porn addiction is affecting every segment of American society and the harm it causes is …

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