The Road to Recovery: A Counselor's Perspective on Addiction Treatment
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Addiction is one of the most complicated and all-encompassing problems that concerns billions of people across the globe. It is a condition which is long-term in nature and it involves the uncontrollable use of drugs or alcohol, despite these behaviors causing physical and emotional damage. To creatively treat addiction, engaging a professional is fundamental in order to identify and control the root causes and devise ways of recovery. We will get into the issue of how to receive the professional help for addiction as well as the counselor's role in the treatment process.
Dealing with Addiction
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You don't recover from an addiction by stopping using. You recover by creating a new life where it is easier to not use.
Hope for the Hopeless: How Addiction Counseling Can Restore Lives
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Addiction is a complicated and extensive issue which is not limited to personal lives but also to the social sphere. It is the illness that is associated with an irresistible urge to repeat a certain behavior or to consume a substance, even though it is evident that such behavior is harmful to the person in terms of his/her physical, mental, and social health. The effect of addiction are dire and can present a variety of problems ranging from health issues, to relationship strain, financial problems, and legal woes.
Are you a food addict?
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Food addiction manifests itself in the uncontrollable craving for excess food that follows the ingestion of refined carbohydrates, primarily sugar and flour substances that are quickly metabolized and turned into sugar in the bloodstream.
Fold 'Em Podcast
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Fold em offers straight talk about dealing with the fall-out from gambling. Whether you are looking at stopping or scaling back your own gambling or helping a family member with a problem, this podcast will get you taking back control. Hear from gamblers who have been through it. Tips from counsellors. There is a way out from the hold gambling has on your life. Fold em will get you there.
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