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Category: Addiction
“You’re All Caught Up!” – Instagram hopes to beat addiction
Instagram aims to address the growing and infectious modern-day addiction to technology, smart phones and social media……
Cross Addiction – A UK Addiction Treatment Centre
A significant proportion will relapse back in the vicious cycle of addiction. How? One of the major reasons for relapse may be cross addiction….
Cryptocurrency Trading: Castle Craig – A UK Addiction Treatment Centre
Today, anyone can place bets on horse races, sports, or the stock market from the comfort of their home or smart phone. Cryptocurrency Trading……
Social Media Addiction – A UK Addiction
It all seemed fun and harmless until they admitted to having ulterior motives – Social media is intended to be addictive. Social Media Addiction is here….
Legalisation of Cannabis – Decriminalise but Don’t Legalise?
On Friday July 6th, a private members bill introduced by Paul Flynn, MP for Newport West – the Legalisation of Cannabis (Medicinal Purposes). Read more……
Internet Addiction – How the internet pulls in youngsters
“This is for everyone” proclaims the plaque put up in East Sheen, London SW14, to celebrate the invention of the internet – Read more on internet addiction…
Fortnite and Gaming Addiction
A dystopian world and a world-wide broadcasted death match. One hundred players stranded on an island; only one will survive. This is not the plot of the latest Hunger Games movie – this is Fortnite. Capturing the minds of children across the world….
How to Have Fun Sober
You have to go to meetings and therapy and work the steps. You have to make healthy lifestyle changes like eating better and exercising. On top of all that, you probably have the same work and family obligations you’ve always had. It’s important to include some time to relax every day, and it’s important to have fun….
Planning a Sober Holiday
While negative stress gets all the attention for causing cravings, happy events can cause cravings too and they’re dangerous because you don’t expect them. Despite the challenges, you can make it through a holiday abroad and have a great time if you do a little planning….
4 Unexpected Benefits of Sobriety
People usually get sober for big reasons. They may realise they’re hurting their family, their career has stalled because of addiction, they get into legal trouble, or they’re just completely miserable and they know addiction has a lot to do with it. As they say in AA, when you’re in a hole, stop digging….
How a Schedule Can Help You Stay Sober
In recovery, one thing you definitely want to avoid is having nothing to do. You start to get restless, you have nothing better to do, so you start to think, ‘What do I normally do when I’m bored?’ Boredom gives you too much time to think. It may have something to do with why you became addicted in the first place….
When I Get Sober Will I Need a New Job?
Sobriety requires you to change something about the way you live. It could be that you need new friends or that you need a healthier lifestyle, or perhaps medication and therapy. People find their jobs are not conducive to recovery. For a variety of reasons, some jobs tend to go with higher rates of addiction….
Why Sobriety Won’t Solve All Your Problems
There is a common narrative that goes something like this: ‘My life was terrible because of addiction. Quitting was hard at first, but now my life is amazing’. It’s a nice idea, but most people find the road a bit bumpier. Expecting life in recovery to be perfect is nearly as bad as expecting it to be worse….
How Substituting Habits Can Help You Stay Sober
One reason people find sobriety challenging is that their habits are built around drinking. Maybe you are in the habit of stopping at the pub on the way home, or maybe you open a beer when you watch television. Drinking is associated with other drugs, and people who try to quit the drugs without quitting drinking find themselves using again….
How Soon Will My Health Improve After I Quit Drinking?
Alcohol is bad for your health, especially for your liver, your heart, your digestive tract, and your brain. Your reasons for quitting may have nothing to do with health…
What Drugs Damage Your Brain the Most?
All drugs work by altering your brain function in some way and the longer you use, the more your brain changes. It might take a while to start feeling normal again, and once you’ve struggled with addiction, it will likely remain a problem to guard against, but your brain will eventually get back to normal…
Is Your Worst Day Sober Really Better Than Your Best Day Drinking?
A common affirmation in AA is ‘My worst day sober Is still better than my best day drinking’. It’s a worthy sentiment but it strikes some people as disingenuous. Can your worst day sober really be better than your best day drinking? Plenty of terrible things can happen regardless of sobriety….
Alcohol Increases Your Risk of Dementia
We’ve long known that alcohol is bad for your brain. There are temporary impairments like slurred speech, loss of coordination and balance, poor judgment, and blackouts…
What Does it Mean if I Dream About Relapsing?
People who are still early in recovery often have dreams about relapsing. They are understandably worried that dreaming of relapse is a bad sign. Maybe the dream will trigger strong cravings. Are relapse dreams something to be concerned about?…
Why Alcohol Addiction is Even More Dangerous for Women
While it’s true alcohol addiction affects more men than women, women make up about a third of problem drinkers. That’s a lot of people. What’s more, the number of women with alcohol use disorder appears to be growing…
How to Make Better Decisions in Addiction Recovery
Brain scans show that in people who have struggled with addiction for a long time, the part of your brain responsible for rational thinking becomes cut off from the part of your brain responsible for gratification…
7 Signs Your Child May Be Using Drugs
Unfortunately, we all do things despite knowing better and the younger kids start using drugs, the more likely they are to develop a serious addiction. If you can catch drug use early, treatment and therapy can prevent problems later on. Here are some signs your child might be using drugs….
Why Binge-watching Can Leave You Feeling Depressed
While this level of convenience satisfies our demand for instant gratification, binge-watching television shows is not great for your mental health. Here’s why watching for hours can make you feel depressed….
What to do When You Discover Your Teen is Using Drugs
It might be shocking to learn your child has been using drugs. Maybe you found something while doing laundry, maybe you got a call from the school, or maybe you heard a credible rumour. Now you have to figure out the extent of the problem and what to do about it….
