What are Great TED Talks To Watch on Addiction?
Speakers use TEDTalks to tell their stories of addiction for more people to know about it. Addiction is a complex issue and a lot of people are afraid to talk about it. Here are two TEDTalks from speakers who have seen addiction first hand and are taking a step towards the fight in addiction in talking about it. Therapist and [...]
Nutritional Therapy to Help with Alcoholism
It is the role of holistic treatment to treat any underlying biochemical imbalances and genetic factors that contribute to alcohol cravings, anxiety, and depression. Using biochemical repair will help bring the brain and the body back into balance. Nutritional therapy can help those with alcoholism change their unhealthy diets and give them supplements to be more in control of their [...]
How Has Little House on the Prairie Episode Shown the True Horrors of Addiction?
Morphine has been around since 1803 when Civil War soldiers would develop an addiction with this painkiller. The 1970s family series Little House on the Prairie episode, Home Again, was an episode ahead of its time in showing how an opioid addiction can start and how it was handled back then. In the two-part episode “Home Again,” teenager Albert Ingalls [...]
Common Triggers of Relapse
Triggers to relapse is anything that can make you want to give up your sobriety and fall back to bad habits. It is normal when you first start sobriety to slip back to abusive substances as you are used to using these substances to feel better and are new to all of this. It is important to be aware of [...]
What are the Signs of Food Addiction?
We need food in order to live as we need a certain amount of nutrients to last us throughout the day. Because we know how good food can taste, what we eat can be as addictive as drugs or alcohol. If you feel like you are not eating for the sake of nourishing yourself and you get a high from [...]
The Debate of Addictive Behaviors Being Real
When someone says to you “I’m addicted to Pringles,” they do not really mean that they are addicted. It just means that they really like them. If eating Pringles can have harmful effects towards someone’s life but still continue to eat them, then it can become an addiction. Even those behavioral addictions are not included in the DSM-IV, it does [...]
How is Sublocade a Helpful Tool for Opioid Use Disorder?
The FDA has been trying to approve medications that would help people from opioid disorders. In November, the FDA approved Sublocade by the pharmaceutical company Indivior for people with moderate to severe opioid addiction. In as little as one month, Sublocade has the potential to block opioid receptors that cause you to crave your addiction. A phase three double blind [...]
The Feelings Associated with Heroin
Heroin is an addictive drug that is medically used as a pain reliever but according to the American Society of Addiction Medicine, 586,000 Americans aged 12 and older have struggled with heroin addiction. While it may seem like heroin has euphoric effects that make you feel good, the results can turn deadly. It is important for those with heroin addiction [...]
How Does This is Us Tackle Family Therapy in “The Fifth Wheel” Episode?
“This is Us” is an Emmy-winning family show on NBC about a group of triplets who are born on the same day as their father. We see the dynamic between their relationships growing up. On January 9th, there was an episode called “The Fifth Wheel” that makes the Pearson family confront how they feel about each other and their inner [...]
Brett Farve Opens Up About Addiction
Addiction can happen to anyone. Even athletes like Brett Favre who had a successful football career was tackling Vicodin addiction and alcoholism. Brett Favre recently opened up about his battle with addiction which helps break the stigma that athletes face owning up their addiction. Brett Favre had a very successful career playing football as he was a three time NFL [...]