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Good Reasons to Stop Drinking
According to the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (NCADD), there are nearly 14 million Americans who are considered problem drinkers (including 8 million who have alcoholism) and 76 million people who are exposed to alcoholism in family settings. Here are good reasons for people who have drinking problems to quit drinking.
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What to Think About Before Returning to Gambling Again
What are some things you can remember before you decide to go back to the gambling casino after months of staying away? Well there are many things that should come to mind before you decide to go back on that self destructive path. These thoughts should create enough bad feelings in you to stop you from getting back in the car and returning to your gambling addiction and the despondency it causes.
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Chemical Dependency - The Influence of Familiarity
You could say that we are all creatures of habit. We go through life hacking it out the best we can. Exploring and experimenting with new things. Through experience we learn to avoid some things and hold on to others. We do this by accumulating and consolidating information.
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Stop Drinking Or Using Drugs - Understanding the Influence of Fear
Fear is an important influence to understand for those who want to stop drinking or using drugs. To look at what you have become and acknowledge what you created would be too scary. You have used alcohol or drugs so long to buffer you from the stress and emotions of life that you wonder if you can still face life alone when you stop drinking or using drugs.
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Stop Drinking in the Coming Year
Although New Year's Eve involves drinking alcohol for many people. New Year's Eve has always been a time for looking back to the past, and more importantly, forward to the coming year. It's a time to make resolution to quit drinking.
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The Big Secret of Overcoming Addiction
There is a big secret to overcoming addiction that is counter-intuitive and thus remains elusive for most people. The secret is that beating addiction involves creation, not elimination. What does this mean?
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Drug Addiction and Low Self Esteem - How Can a Poor Self-Image Result in Substance Abuse Problems
Reaching the root of a drug abuse problem is the way to eradicate it completely. When someone has a low opinion of himself, this can result in using drugs as a way to cope or feel accepted by others.
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Can't Serve Two Masters
At some time or another you've probably all heard the Bible saying that you cannot serve two masters. "No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other..." Jesus of Nazareth was talking about serving God and wealth, but for conversation, let's shift it to mean you cannot drink and be in recovery.
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Alcohol - Our Legal and Most Toxic Killer
I was given the privilege of working in a Medical Respiratory Intensive Care Unit of a large, tertiary hospital, filling in for a friend who took a leave of absence to give birth to her first child. If you've never been in an ICU it can be a little overwhelming at times, as patients who are critically ill are in need of constant attention. Other units of the hospital allowed for nurses to service four or five rooms, but in ICR there was never more than two patients assigned to any one RN, and often times only one.
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Surrounded by Love, But No Comfort
You could not have gotten another person in Melody's hospital room if you tried, and between the people around the bed and the coats and jackets strewn around the room, there was no place to stand or walk. It was a couple of days before New Years and Melody, along with a handful of friends, decided to party a little early this year. She was no stranger to drinking enormous qualities of vodka, but she had not binged for a while. In fact, she had been on her best behavior since going through treatment.
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