Tag Archives: Addiction

Effects of Binge Drinking on Women

Woman drinking alcohol 60 percent of women in the United States have at least 1 drink once a year, but 13 percent have more than 7 drinks per week [1]. According to the US Department of Health and Human Services, the guidelines for moderate drinking is no more than 1 drink per day for women [1]. The Centers [...]
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Compulsive Overeating Versus Food Addiction: What is the Difference?

Woman fighting Compulsive Overeating Contributor: Melissa O’Neill, LCSW, Director of Clinical Operations, Timberline Knolls If you have ever sat down for a meal and ate to the point that you were uncomfortably full, is this something you should be concerned about? What if you find it difficult to control yourself around food, or find yourself reaching for food, even [...]
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Porn Addict as an Identity—is it Helpful?

Man struggling with gambling addiction The way we think about ourselves as people is incredibly complex. We can certainly harm, confuse or liberate ourselves with the way we are using labels and identifiers. The same is true for a label or identity of “porn addict”. Is this a helpful term? Potentially—for some it fosters a desire to change, yet for [...]
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Leaving Sexual Addiction Requires Taking Care of All of Your Life

Middle-Aged man struggling with Prescription Drugs When you have a splinter in your finger it absorbs an inordinate amount of your attention because it aches so much! Whilst struggling to get the splinter out you may forgo a number of other things you need, or loose sight of the more basic aspects of looking after yourself. In a similar way, when [...]
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