The psychological and physical changes caused by addiction affect how addicts process feel-good chemicals such as dopamine, norepinephrine, and serotonin. Rather than waiting for your loved one to need help, be proactive and use these techniques that can begin fighting addiction for them now. Just be careful not to let them see you doing it. Try these simple tips before your loved one sees their addiction escalate further.
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Overcoming Addiction: What to Know and How to Cope
Addiction is a difficult disease to overcome. Whether you are struggling with addiction yourself or someone you love is battling addiction, it can be hard to know where to turn for help. This blog post will provide information on what addiction is, the different types of addiction, and how to cope with addiction. We hope that this information will give some guidance and support to those who are struggling with addiction.
Can Therapy Help with Addiction?
Addiction is no laughing matter. It destroys the lives of people directly affected by it and of those that are close to them. And yet according to a report by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, only one in seven people receives the treatment they need.
Explaining Addiction To A Child
Addiction is a complex condition that affects those afflicted with it and the loved ones around them. Understanding addiction at any age can be difficult due to its many layers. Still, it’s especially challenging for young children to understand what addiction is, how it affects a person, and what can be done to recover from it. Most children won’t be able to develop this understanding independently, and they must receive guidance and education from adults on the intricacies of addiction to prevent misunderstandings.
Parent’s Guide to Helping Teens Recover from Addiction
No parent likes to acknowledge that their teen has an addiction problem. The teenage years are years where experimentation occurs and teens many times try alcohol and drugs just to “fit into the crowd”. Most teens outgrow this phase, but some become addicted to substances rather quickly and develop a serious addiction. It can be difficult for parents to judge whether an addiction is present at first as all teens are moody and unpredictable as are addicts. The main factors to watch for, however, are:
10 Steps to Cure Kids’ Cell Phone Addiction
They arrived slowly, conquered us with access to entire universes through a screen, and now it is difficult to live without them. Smartphones are in the hands of everyone, and although they have dozens of incredible features, addiction to cell phones is a reality that disturbs a lot of people.
Tips to Avoid Cell Phone Addiction among Children
10 tips to avoid cell phone addiction among children and the use of cell phone parental control app. Photo by rawpixel.com from Pexels The Drug Addiction Assistance Foundation already has prevention programs for what it calls “substance-free problems.” And is that 25% of kids between 18 and 65 years re recognized as addicted to mobile according to a […]
Ways to Help Your Addicted Teen
The best ways to help your addicted teen. Addiction among teenagers today remains to be a problem. Statistics reveal that three million (3,000,000) high school students and six hundred thousand (600,000) middle schoolers smoke cigarettes today. While there are parents who argue that smoking is just a “phase” that teens have to go through, it […]