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Smoking, as everyone knows by now, takes a serious toll on health. So when you decide to quit smoking, it can be a great time to think about making changes to your diet. One of the payoffs of smoking is enhancement to your senses of taste and smell, which can make food more pleasurable than it was when you were smoking, but to avoid weight gain and substitute addictions to food [Read more →]
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Many readers of the addictions guidesite will have had personal experience of discrimination within the healthcare system. People with addictions are among the most stigmatized of all patient groups, and drug users in particular, suffer from the judgements of health professionals.
Sometimes, this is a result of prejudice or ignorance. Sometimes, it is the result of self-interest. [Read more →]
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According to an article in the UK’s Guardian newspaper, Broadway Lodge in Weston-super-Mare is the first clinic in the UK to offer treatment to people with video game addiction. UK Clinic First to Welcome Gaming Addicts originally appeared on About.com Addictions on Thursday, January 28th, 2010 at 20:42:55.
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I was recently talking to someone who quit smoking for her New Year’s Resolution. She was constantly craving cigarettes and was “beyond irritable.” Nicotine Cravings and Vitamin B Complex originally appeared on About.com Addictions on Friday, January 22nd, 2010 at 13:27:52.
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According to CBC news, North America’s first safe injection site, known as Insite, has officially won the right to keep operating in Vancouver BC.
The safe injection site has been controversial since it first opened it’s doors Insite Drug Injection Site Wins originally appeared on About.com Addictions on Monday, January 18th, 2010 at 00:48:45.
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www.taatgen-fotografie.nlAccording to the New York Times, medical marijuana will be permitted for the treatment of chronic illnesses in New Jersey next week. This is timely, given the change in White House policy on medical marijuana last New Medical Marijuana Bill — New Jersey originally appeared on About.com Addictions on Thursday, January 14th, 2010 at 19:38:03.
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So often, addictive behavior is judged on the basis of it’s social acceptability. The stereotypical addict is socially deviant, addicted to alcohol or drugs, and highly stigmatized. Yet there are many more socially acceptable but problematic types of alcohol or drug use, which can cause many more problems for the individual or other people, such as painkiller overuse, or binge drinking.
And behavioral addictions [Read more →]
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If you made a New Year’s Resolution to work on your addiction, congratulations! You may be wondering how to keep on track. Here are some tips:
- Avoid situations, and even people, who might trigger cravings. Keeping Your New Year’s Resolution originally appeared on About.com Addictions on Saturday, January 2nd, 2010 at 14:44:11.
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The New Year is a great time to think about overcoming an addiction. Whether it is quitting smoking, reducing or quitting alcohol, drugs, gambling, or any other behavioral addiction, there has never been more support, or more good reasons to embrace a healthy lifestyle.
Often a bad experience over the Christmas party season, such as making a fool of yourself at the office party [Read more →]
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Thinking of giving in to someone who may be addicted to video games and giving them what they want for Christmas? Read other columns encouraging you to buy a gamer more game-related stuff, but worried it will make the problem worse? At a loss for other ideas?
Fear not. Just read these Gift Ideas For Excessive Video Gamers, and you will be set to buy something much more suitable [Read more →]
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