Psychological Trauma

Psychological trauma is referred to a mental injury to ones psychology or mind. The word trauma comes from the Greek and means injury / or damage without making a determination, as to what caused it. In medicine, the term trauma refers to a wound that has been caused by an accident or an influence. This...

Glossary

AA – Alcoholics Anonymous Abstinence – abstinence, declining dependence (pleased) resources. Alcohol – Food Group, consisting of spirit and alcoholic beverages (see Alcohol Law). Alcoholism – mental and / or physical dependence, which is generated as a result of alcohol use. (dr) Alcoholic – a person with alcohol consumption as a result of a psychological...

Amphetamine Addiction

Amphetamines are the most common of the central stimulants. It was produced in the early 1930s and launched as a stimulant and slimming preparation, but it currently has no medical use. It was used extensively on both sides of the front during the second world war, and one of the most famous addicts from this...

Addiction Treatment Overview

The first decision you must make is what type of treatment is best suited for your current needs. You can determine if your treatment to be medication-assisted or drug-free. There is no right or wrong choice and you can anytime change his mind. Research has shown us that most people try different paths through the...

What is Heroin/Opioid Dependence?

When you take opioids regularly, there are changes in your brain and your nervous system, so you have to continue taking opioids just to feel normal. In addition, your body continues to change, adapting its own reactions, and needs more and more drugs just to get through the day. It is no wonder that opioid...

Finding Better Recovery in South Africa

It’s not a secret that addiction rehab centres have a limited success rate inpatient treatment and this is largely due to “treatment” programmes NOT dealing with the core issues in patients that drive their addictions. There is little evidence to suggest that the 12 step program of addiction treatment can even be considered an addiction...

PTSD in Addiction Disorders: Symptoms, Treatment, and Self-Help

Helping Yourself on the Road to Recovery for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder For all too many addicts, returning from addiction means coping with symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). You may be having a hard time readjusting to life away from drugs/alcohol. Or you may constantly be feeling on edge, emotionally numb and disconnected, or close...

Everything You Need To Know About Stopping Smoking

Hundreds of years ago, tobacco was introduced in Europe as a medicinal “cure-all”. It was later observed that the hazards of tobacco outweighed the claimed benefits, but political, economic and elitist influences weakened the arguments against it. Over time tobacco became the leading addictive recreational drug and the biggest preventable killer in the world. The...

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