Addiction: Drug Rehabilitation Facts

Reliable addiction information

Sex addiction curse. Have you too been struck down by this dreadful illness? Are you deeply sorry for exposing?
your personal tiger?

Why do people think it's an addiction?
Seriously people, Yes i smoke marijuana but NO, I don't have an addiction. I've stopped for long periods of time before and I don't even think about it. I don't stop all the way because maybe I like it and I don't feel like I have to impede my life to prove something to you. Anybody ever had this happen to them?To everyone viewing this. I still do everything I normally do. I'm not high all the time but a lot of the time and I still function. It's not like a just sit for 2 3 hours doing nothing unless I have nothing else to do. It doesn't impede my life.

So Other Cultures and groups....... I think I have a lottery addiction?
It started with just one or two, but now I get 4 or 5 at a time.I try to refrain from going to the store, but when I pass by one, they call my name.Thank God I've been winning more than I've been spending though.....now how in the world do I break this addiction?????? Any former lottery addicts out there? I'd hate to see what new addictions pop up when I turn 21.

Have you ever lost someone close to you to a drug addiction?
Friends or family?So tragic, such a loss, so unnecessary, such a waste. I always wonder if given a little more time, they may have regained the control and power.Far from being down and out incompetents, the ones I knew were, charismatic, caring, wonderfully creative and very likable.Bonus question Why are so many creative people drawn to drugs? Is it because they search for new things to inspire fresh creation? Does the creativity drive create the propensity toward experimentation and potential addiction? Corrupted not dead , MezmerizinG MasterMinD and Smooth Raven . Thank you, hope your day has some beauty in it Edit ...... Your answer was wonderful, more than I hoped for and I think you are very generous to share your experience. As for the remark about being a great sister, you were, you're only human and sometimes being too forgiving, understanding and easy going doesn't help, alas it failed, but usually tough love works better.I really feel for you, so much loss, you must somtimes feel angry at the injustice of having more than your fair share. But these things teach us to grow and make us even more compassionate.

Do you think sex addiction is real?
When I'm reading about a celebrity. Majority of the time, they fit a description of a promiscuous person, who don't want to take responsibility of their actions. Do you think sex addiction is real or at least over exaggerated.

What are the views of the CCC and alcohol addiction? Are there any opinions from todays Pope (or past Popes)?
...on alcohol addictions??

Ramadan. Islamically, how do u break an addiction...?
Such as smoking, when all else u try fails? Salam and thanks

Should Tiger Woods enter a Buddhist Monastery after he leaves the sex addiction rehab...?
...he said he wants to return to his buddhist roots. Would the strict celibate lifestyle of the buddhist monks cure him of his sex addiction? ?

Can Buddhism cure Tiger Woods' sex addiction?


If I made a prayer request on here, asking church people to pray for me to overcome my addiction to placebos?
Hey I'm not making a prayer request, I'm just asking what if. There's a difference. All I'm asking is, if I did make a prayer request on here and also what about my addiction to placebos? I mean, look, this would be a very fervent request. And furthermore, if you can't pray on Religion section, then what section could you possibly pray on? And here's something else that really annoys me, Yahoo wanted to put this question in Joke & Rejoinder section, can you imagine that, it's crazy. What would be the point of praying in Joke section?.

Why do some people go back to bad habits or addictions when they get under stress?
How can this problem be stopped? A guy I know returned to a bad habit this week and today when a stressful problem came up. I had a guy I worked with who started using Cocaine again during stressful times in his marriage. I think he ended up in rehab about 3 times. He lost his job the last time I think.Some guys go back to viewing porn after they gave it up. Some women go on a shopping spree when under stress.

Where would you rank "internet addiction" among all other addictions?
I mean, on the news today they said internet addiction is becoming a real big problem in the US with real consequences. Obesity, withdrawal from social interactions, among others. How bad of problem is this in the US? World? Your thoughts?

Help for an addiction without relying on "higher powers"?
I've been battling an addiction to a certain substance, but every single program I've been looking to for help requires its members to complete 12 steps which all giving up control to a " higher power" and admitting things to God and such. I don't want to have to lie and pretend to be going along with something that I don't believe in, but I can't seem to find any programs that can help me without involving religious or spiritual steps.angelo because there are plenty of atheists on here and maybe one of them has had this same issue.

Why was morphine addiction more prevalent among southern white women than any other group in the 1930's?
i need answers and websites to find more information for an LA research paper HELP PLEASE?