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Music, Mindfulness and Recovery
Esteemed Study Identifies Sexual Addiction as Identifiable and Diagnosable
How Do I Tell a Friend He Has a Drinking Problem?
8 Identified Categories of Drinkers
4 Keys to Lasting Addiction Recovery
The Negative Effects of Smoking Marijuana
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Elements' Dr. David Sack in PsychCentral
This is the time of year when shopping for school clothes and the latest electronics and accessories is foremost in your child's mind. But, for parents, back-to-school season brings up more pressing concerns that should find their way into conversation, whether casually at the mall, in the car or watching TV or in a more formal family discussion around the dinner table. Read more... |
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Elements | Aug. 6, 2014
In many 12-step addiction recovery programs, the practice of a musical instrument is considered to be a top-line behavior. In this article, I'll discuss the relationship between music and mindfulness, and describe how I incorporate the mindful practice of guitar scales into my addiction recovery program. Music has the power to heal and transform. It can make us laugh, cry, dance, twist and shout. It can lift us up when we're down, calm us down when we're amped up, help us cure a broken heart and help us understand things from another person's point of view. It can cross barriers of language, culture, gender and race.
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Elements' Rob Weiss, MSW in PsychCentral
Led by Dr. Valerie Voon, a group of researchers at the University of Cambridge (UK) recently published a detailed fMRI study showing that the brain activity in sex addicts, when they are shown pornography, mirrors the brain activity in drug addicts when they are exposed to drug-related imagery. This study strongly suggests that sexual addiction not only exists, but in fact manifests in profoundly similar ways to other more readily accepted forms of addiction like alcoholism, drug addiction, and Internet addiction.
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Promises | August 1, 2014
Seeing a friend spiraling into self-destruction is never a pleasant experience. Not only will you be witnessing somebody you care about hurting him or herself, you're also thrown into the uncomfortable position of having to decide what to do about it. It might not be the most appealing notion, but real friends look out for each other, and that means that you have to share your concerns if you care about your friend. Knowing how to do this is much more difficult, but there are many things to consider that should make the process go as smoothly as possible.
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Journey Utah Rehab | August 9, 2014
Just as no two people are alike, no two stories of alcohol abuse will be exactly the same. There is variety and individuality even in our difficulties. A recent study tracked 177 people with admitted risky drinking patterns for five months. At the end of the study researchers had identified eight separate categories of problem drinkers. Read more... |
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Right Step's Dr. Jason Powers in Psychology Today
"Positive recovery" aims to fill the gaps in how addiction is treated through a balanced approach that attends not only to the disease, but also to the elements that make life most worth living. Read more... |
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Clarity Way | August 7, 2014
As more states legalize medical and recreational marijuana, less attention is being paid to the harmful effects of this dangerous drug in homes across the nation. The latest evidence, authored by scientists from the National Institute on Drug Abuse and published in the New England Journal of Medicine, confirms what professionals in the substance abuse treatment field already know: marijuana is addictive, and frequent abuse results in significant health risks. Read more... |
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