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You may have told someone, “You’re addicted to Facebook!” Oftentimes, you may be the one on the receiving end of these kinds of phrases. Although Facebook Addiction has been cleared by the experts to not be an official clinical diagnosis such as impulse control disorders, substance addiction, or pathological gambling, too much time on Facebook

When your child reaches puberty, things become a little more difficult. Parenting your teen can be challenging enough. But when your troubled teen becomes depressed, violent,reckless, or introduced to alcohol or other substances and may even tend to abuse it–then you know you have trouble in your hands.   You may spend nights lying awake wondering

The story below is from storiesofrecovery.org.uk, which is a project by the Greater Glasgow and Clyde Drug Action Team that aims to work with recovering addicts to write their addiction and recovery stories. The aim of these stories is to inspire others as they start or stay in recovery. These stories are from real-life people who

As families and friends of someone dealing with substance or behavioral addiction you may feel that you are at your wits’ end trying to figure out how you should behave towards the addict. At times, you may even bicker among yourselves how you should let the addicts be or impose stricter rules. Either way, you are all coming from the same

Your husband’s becoming more and more distant and you can’t seem to recognize him. He’s become a stranger to you, someone who often becomes violent, or angry, or heaven-knows-what-mood now. Lately, he’s been having trouble at work and he’s losing a lot of money. You worry that he will start stealing from you or from

If you are in a relationship with someone who struggles with addiction–whether it is substance or behavior addiction–chances are, you are your wits’ end. It’s very difficult to deal with an addict. In fact, so difficult that it makes other people’s problems seem like a walk in the park. What do our addicted loved ones

It has always been good practice to prioritize yourself during your recovery. In fact, many would say that recovery is selfish. After all, the first thing you put above your recovery is the second thing you lose, just after your sobriety.   Although it is not recommended to date early in the recovery process, you

Addiction is a popular subject in media and in the movies. At times, alcoholism and substance abuse is even glamorized. There are also times when addiction is portrayed purely as a negative, further feeding the widespread stereotype. Thankfully there are still many movies that open our eyes to the hidden world of people who are addicted.

April’s here and instead of going with the norm and playing pranks on everybody, we decided to let everyone have his laugh and share this quote instead: Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius, and a lot of courage, to move in the opposite

Oh, the years of our youth. Being so young, wild, and carefree. But unlike what we used to think then, youth ends. And reality comes biting back. So if  you had a wild, hella great time smoking weed, passing on those joints, dropping acid, popping those pills, and snorting… Now think again.   There’s always