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JetBlue Airplane Fishbowl

by Rachel on January 26, 2012

A man traveling from Ft. Lauderdale to New Jersey is facing charges for allegedly smoking pot in the bathroom on his JetBlue flight.  Flight attendants became suspicious when Adam Blumenkranz dropped a plastic bag in the cabin of the plane and then emerged from the bathroom with a strong odor resembling that of marijuana. Blumenkranz [...]

Social Media Addiction

by Rachel on January 23, 2012

What was the world like pre-social media? Hi 5, MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, Tumbler and many others are replacing good old fashioned in person interaction. It is common today to hear someone talking text language in person. Have you ever noticed how many people use electronic devices at the dinner table? What happened to real conversation? [...]

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Opioid Addiction

by Brian on December 21, 2011

Achieving sobriety is likely to be one of the toughest challenges ever faced for a person who is addicted to heroin or prescription pain medications such as Oxycontin, Percocet and Vicodin. Much like addiction to alcohol, cocaine or any other drug,  people who struggle with an opioid addiction are always telling themselves “this will be [...]

Codependency – Killing with Kindness

December 19, 2011 addiction

No one likes to see their family member or loved one live their life being ruled by alcohol and drug addiction. The problem that many people face who have a family member or loved one suffering with addiction is that they help support the addiction in many ways. This codependency behavior is a catch 22. [...]

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Meth Addiction

December 12, 2011 addiction

Methamphetamine addiction is a disease that will deteriorate you overnight. Brian ‘Head’ Welch, ex-member of Korn, wrote a song called Flush depicting his struggle with crystal meth addiction. His beginning lyrics, “Look at my face, I’m all sucked up,” is an accurate description of what we refer to as meth head. In Head’s book depicting [...]

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Addiction and its Stigma

December 5, 2011 addiction

The problem that comes with alcoholism is that by the time a person realizes that they have a problem, their chemistry has changed and it will be unlikely they can stop drinking on their own. They likely know that alcoholism is creating problems for them and want to stop. Still, something causes them to pick [...]

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Genetically Predisposed to Addiction

November 28, 2011 addiction

Many factors including the gene pool that one comes from can play a role in whether or not an individual is going to suffer from the disease of addiction.

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Stress and Addiction

November 8, 2011 addiction

Stress and Addiction, researchers receive $1.55 million grant to study how stresses affect drug addictive behaviors.

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Research Being Done To Deal with Chronic Pain While Avoiding Addiction

November 3, 2011 addiction

The National Institute on Drug Abuse gave Lawrence Toll a $1.86 million grant to develop a drug that can help people cope with chronic pain without the risk of falling into the grip of addiction.

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Three Forms Of Treatment To Treat Addiction Successfully

November 2, 2011 addiction

Recovering from addiction requires various forms of treatment including physical, cognitive and psychological treatment and without all three recovery is going to be very difficult.

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