Surgeon General Murthy Wants America To Face Up To Addiction
More people struggle with alcohol or drugs than have cancer, and 1 in 5 Americans binge drink. It all costs the nation $420 billion a year. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy says we know how to help.
Why Not Start Addiction Treatment Right In The ER?
Like asthma or diabetes, opioid addiction is a chronic condition. Could treatment that begins when people show up in the ER get them on the right road faster?
Most People With Addiction Simply Grow Out of It: Why Is This Widely Denied?
The idea that addiction is typically a chronic, progressive disease that requires treatment is false, the evidence shows. Yet the "aging out" experience of the majority is ignored by treatment providers and journalists.
The horrifying way some drug addicts are now getting their fix
“When you have this kind of addiction . . . people will do just about anything to obtain these drugs, and they usually do,” a DEA official said.
Anatomy Of Addiction: How Heroin And Opioids Hijack The Brain
Roughly 2.5 million Americans are addicted to heroin and opioids like Oxycontin. Researchers say addiction takes over the brain's limbic reward system, impairing decision making, judgment and memory.
Everything you think you know about addiction is wrong
What really causes addiction -- to everything from cocaine to smart-phones? And how can we overcome it? Johann Hari has seen our current methods fail firsthand, as he has watched loved ones struggle to manage their addictions. He started to wonder why we treat addicts the way we do -- and if there might be a better way. As he shares in this deeply personal talk, his questions took him around the world, and unearthed some surprising and hopeful ways of thinking about…
How can it be an Addiction?
How can someone be addicted when there is no substance to be addicted to? Why do some people get addicted when so many others don’t?
How to Use Technology to Fight Addictions
Nowadays, technology can be used to help us battle our everyday (and sometimes destructive) addictions.
Surprising Addictions to Everyday Things
The word addiction suggests gambling, drinking, and drugs. But there are other habits, behaviors, and even beauty products that are surprisingly addictive.
How to Avoid Internet Addiction?
Does My Loved One Have an Addiction Problem?
Do you worry a loved one has a problem with drugs or alcohol? The symptoms and signs of addiction damage every area of the loved one’s life, including relationships, career and health. Too often family members live in constant hurt, fear and desperation as they watch a loved one destroy themselves in their disease. Much of that desperation stems from not knowing how to help their loved one.
The Addiction Front: Pseudo addiction and how it works
Madison, WI - For chronic pain sufferers managing the pain is a daily challenge. Yet, there's the idea that some people might experience something known as pseudo addiction. It's not well-known, but more doctors are starting to learn how it could affect their patients.
The Different Stages of How to Overcome Addiction
The stages of change model explains how people overcome addiction. It is also sometimes called the transtheoretical model.
What Really Happens to the Brain during Addiction
Chemical Addiction is a disease of brain chemistry.
How to overcome addiction with a self help program?
Online addiction treatment programs are helping addicts work on their recovery without checking into a facility. Read our interview with LiveFree Online
What is the real reason for addiction?
Some might know of the study where rats kept in cages were offered the choice between regular water and water laced with cocaine. The rats would almost always go for the cocaine-tainted water. This happened even when offered food and while their...
Why Spirituality Is Important In Addiction Recovery
Many people enter addiction treatment rehab or walk through the doors of a 12-step room and struggle with the concept of spirituality. For those beginning the journey of addiction recovery who do not identify as religious, or who did previously but have now rejected religion, or who have felt harmed by religion, the idea of…
Why intangible skills are so important for surgeons
I refused to stay scared, unconfident, and technically sub-par forever, and I knew the decision needed to be made right then.
How to Break Sugar Addiction
Sugars are addictive because they cause a supernatural release of dopamine in the brain.
How should Catholics deal with addiction?
A book by Scott Weeman shows how to use the sacraments to heal addiction
