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Energy Drinks Tied to Drug and Alcohol Use in Teens
They emphasized that their study provided no cause-and-effect data showing that energy drinks led to substance abuse in teens. The data in the study also showed a higher rate of cigarette and amphetamine use among energy drink users. The researchers …
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Alcohol & Substance Abuse : How Long Do Alcohol Withdrawal Symptoms Last? — Withdrawal symptoms of alcohol use can last anywhere from a few hours to 10 days, and severe alcoholics can enter into a period of psychosis that lasts for d…
Xanax Addiction and Withdrawal?
Question by Chris: Xanax addiction and withdrawal?
Ive been really stressed out lately and I got a bottle of Xanax pills off my mate. No Prescription he jsut got them somehow and sells them. They are 2 milligrams and ive been taking them each night for the last 2 weeks. I still have 30 pills left and I want to stop after the 30 pills is over but im just worried about the withdrawal symptoms.
I heard they can be bad how should I stop taking Xanax because I mean I hear you cant just STOP right away you got to get off it slowly then stop. Ive just been taking 1 tablet a day. Any ideas on how I can get off Xanax safely? Thank you all for answering.
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Answer by Sumon Lax
yes
Anyone Have Information on the Following Addictions?
Question by Malorie G: anyone have information on the following addictions?
does anyone have any information/statistics on the following addictions:
Porn
Sexual Intercourse
Shopping
Therapy
thanks so much. or if you have any personal experiances with any of this it would help me sooo much
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Answer by caheera
porn is an addiction that costs them everything. Internet pornography use is on the rise at a fast pace: lost jobs, failed marriages, and destroyed families are the outcome. Everybody is vulnerable to this addiction.
Whether the motive for consuming pornography is sexual appetite, escape/self-medication, or any other reason, engaging in these addictions causes the brain and body to endogenously produce and release chemical drugs into its own system. These chemicals include: epinephrine (an adrenal gland hormone that “locks-in” memories of experiences occurring at times of high arousal), adrenaline, adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), noradrenaline, norepinephrine and testosterone, among others. This drug is dragging millions of troubled victims along in its destructive wake.
Persistent accessing of porn not only provides the addict with sexual arousal, but offers a way to self-medicate in order to escape the realities of life. A porn addict will suffer withdrawal symptoms when they try-or are compelled-to relinquish their vice for any length of time. The withdrawal symptoms may drive an addict to find porn and often causes him to act out his needs in inappropriate ways.
Depression and Drug Addiction?
Question by : Depression and Drug Addiction?
I have been feeling very depressed and lonely for the past 3 or 4 years. I believe it’s because of how I ruined my life by drinking and being arrested for DUI and drug possession three times. I have no friends because of this. I have tried committing suicide several times by either stabbing myself, hanging myself, or overdosing. I was put in a mental hospital last summer for a week because someone saw me trying to kill myself. The hospital didn’t do anything for me. In fact I feel worse than ever before. I dont wanna die because of the emotional pain im going through. I wanna die because I am tired of living. I am also now addicted to hydrocodone and roxycodone. I just keep popping pills in my mouth hoping that something bad happens to me. I hate waking up every day, I just want it all to end. I can’t afford to go to a doctor so that’s out of the question. I have been diagnosed with major depression, bipolar disorder, and borderline personality disorder if that helps. I also am an atheist so therefore don’t mention God or Jesus. I have never believed in them as I think they are fake.
Don’t Give Up Giving Up Smoking: An Expert’s Guide to Quitting – the Independent
Don’t give up giving up smoking: An expert’s guide to quitting – The Independent
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Don't give up giving up smoking: An expert's guide to quitting
The Independent The way people think about addiction is that you need to take a drug to stay normal and to stave off withdrawal symptoms, nicotine addiction isn't that simple. You smoke because the nicotine you have been inhaling for all those years has changed your … |
How Addiction Happens – Google News
Assessing social media fame game – Pittsburgh Post Gazette
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Assessing social media fame game
Pittsburgh Post Gazette Author Douglas Rushkoff ("Present Shock: When Everything Happens Now"), who previously explored youth culture in the excellent 2001 "Frontline" documentary "Merchants of Cool," returns to do parents another favor by explaining the nuts and bolts of … |
Pornography Addiction Doesn’t Exist, Research Says, but That’s Not the Whole Story – Deseret News
Pornography addiction doesn’t exist, research says, but that’s not the whole story – Deseret News
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Pornography addiction doesn't exist, research says, but that's not the whole story
Deseret News A new study suggests that pornography addiction isn't actually a real thing, but researchers, men, women and children have all shown pornography's addicting effects and the destruction it causes to lives and relationships. National Edition. This story … |
Causes of Addiction – Google News
Porn not an addiction, more of a pleasure giver – Times of India
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Porn not an addiction, more of a pleasure giver
Times of India "There was no sign that use of pornography is connected to erectile dysfunction or that it causes any changes to the brains of users," explained David Ley, a clinical psychologist and executive director of New Mexico Solutions – a large behavioural … Exploding the Myth of 'Porn Addiction' Why Porn Addiction Isn't Drug Or Alcohol Addiction, Or Even An Addiction At All Porn Addiction” myths busted! It doesn”t exist |