It is hard to understand how one can become addicted to something or know why you are addicted. But, in order to understand this addiction and addiction recovery, it’s important to go to the root – addictive behavior in general and why people use it. Dr. Gabor Maté is renowned for having some really interesting …
Understanding Addictive Behavior In the Eyes of Dr. Gabor Maté Read More »
Have you ever wondered what the steps to addiction recovery are? Or what kind of addiction recovery resources should you be using? Well, there isn’t just one answer for this. Let’s start with defining addiction. The textbook definition of addiction is the psychological and physical inability to stop consuming a chemical, drug, activity, or substance, …
Food Addiction is something recently that has gained more and more support over the years, as studies on the topic increase. It’s something that many may not even know that they have and need treatment for, which is the most interesting part. Studies have shown that some people feel the same pleasure or “high” from …
Current research and science are teaching us that addiction can begin in the brain. Various pleasure centers of the brain can become activated when certain substances or chemicals are ingested into the body, or when certain behaviors are engaged in where a reward or promise of a reward is possible. Food Addiction, like addiction to substances …
Food Addiction Treatment: An Area That Needs Continued Research and Support! Read More »
Losing control or the ability to stop consuming food is a disease often referred to as Food Addiction. When first hearing the word addiction, many think of drugs or alcohol. Food addiction can be just as dangerous and can occur for many reasons. Scientifically speaking, the addiction to food is caused by a chemical dependency within the …
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Food addiction for me hits close to home. For most of my life, I’ve struggled with overeating. I was considered morbidly obese from my sophomore year of high school until I had to take a surgical approach to weight loss for an unrelated medical procedure about five years ago. The same mentality tied to an …
Being in a relationship with another person is challenging in the best of circumstances, when you add the complication of addiction to drugs, alcohol, and/or food, life can seem to get out of control very fast. In fact, addiction is number 6 on the list of reasons that cause divorce and separation in the United …
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Addiction Recovery is finally coming to the forefront of medical journals and new addiction treatment centers seem to be popping up in local areas. This trend indicates that addiction recovery is being more widely accepted. However, while there are more openness and acceptance around the fact that addiction is an illness and those who are …
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The journey from being a rational and healthy person into a person with an addiction can generally be a slow process. It may start with a moment of either peer pressure or a moment of anxiety thinking that if I fill my body with this substance, I will feel better. In that first moment of …
