How Addiction Happens

How to get a good night's sleep
You know that getting eight hours sleep a night is good for you. But factor in a working day, a bit of training or riding, an hour or two travelling, an hour eating and changing, dashing around as the kids’ taxi service, and a couple of hours of just being and – well, you do the maths. Struggling to make it add up? The obvious way to cram more into your day is to snip off bits of the night …
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How will Dr. Kartik treat the complications in his love life?
A doctor is known to help patients get rid of their pains and troubles. But what happens when he himself gets trapped in the complications of love? Tonight's episode of Ishq Kills will keep you wondering.
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Opioid painkillers can kill patients too
That figure doesn't include the number of people who will become addicted to painkillers prescribed by their physicians, bought on the black market or pilfered from a friend or family member. “We don't know who is going to be addicted until it happens …
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School pushes for open talk about drug use
He started using marijuana but over time the drug didn't help him calm down, so he moved to something stronger, Opana (an opioid painkiller), Barber said. "Addiction takes over the entire family," Barber said. "My son never had the chance to have a …
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Dealing with drug overdose issue
John Kasich signed HB 170, enacted in response to a record high number of fatal overdoses from heroin or painkillers, in mid-March. The law allows law enforcement officers, friends or relatives of addicts, or emergency medical responders who aren't …
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Freedomaddiction.ca-Freedom Addiction Aurora Hits CTS TV
Freedom from Addiction drug and alcohol rehab centre expert counsellors appear regularly on CTS TV's Living Clean, Living Well on Sundays.
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Have you seen this man? Toronto gripped by frenzied search for Rob Ford as speculation mounts crackhead mayor is NOT …
Is crack-smoking Rob Ford actually in rehab? That is the question troubling Toronto after their embattled mayor decided to break his silence one week after taking a leave of absence to deal with alcohol and drug addiction.
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'Rob Ford Must Go' campaign continues protest despite mayor's absence
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has taken a temporary leave of absence from city hall amid fresh reports of drunken boorishness, offensive comments and alleged drug use, though that hasn’t stopped him from making headlines. Since Ford announced he would seek … Continue reading ?
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Question by annalise is: Are addiction treatments effective?
What does this do? I have an acquaintance who is about to go through this, and I want to know what difference it will make. Does this really work?

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Answer by aisha t
The goal of addiction treatments, aside from getting the patient to go into abstinence, is to bring back his productivity, be it in the workplace, community, or family. Research has it that drug addiction treatment significantly decreases the usage of drugs and reduces criminal activity. It also paves the way to the reduction of the risk of HIV infection, as well as other diseases. Undergoing treatment also improves one’s chances of getting employment.

However, the success of these programs still relies greatly on the individual. Your acquaintance will have to actively engage in the treatment and have the determination to change in order to be able to recover more quickly.    Read more...

Selfies Cause Narcissism, Mental Illness, Addiction and Suicide? – Guardian Liberty Voice

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Selfies Cause Narcissism, Mental Illness, Addiction and Suicide? Guardian Liberty Voice Is it possible that selfies, the trend of taking pictures of oneself, could cause narcissism, addiction, mental illness and even suicide? That's what seems to be suggested by expert opinion surrounding the phenomenon, and a man diagnosed with body …

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Why so much shame in addiction? – ChicagoNow (blog)

Why so much shame in addiction? ChicagoNow (blog) Alcoholism, and addiction in general causes so much sorrow and pain for so many. The National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence estimates that 17.6 million people, or one in every 12 adults, suffer from alcohol abuse or dependence. That's just …

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Respecting mental illness
In fact, many believe that some mental illnesses (like depression, eating disorders or addiction) aren't even real disorders. I was having a conversation with someone … I've talked to people who say that in some ways, mental illnesses are worse than …
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USA a Sinkhole: What's Worth Fighting For?
“There's no reason that a country with the resources and the medical expertise that the US has should see maternal deaths going up,” said Dr. Christopher Murray, Director of Institutes for Health Metrics and Evaluation and a co-founder of the Global …
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