Addiction Recovery

Alcohol Anonymous, more commonly known as AA is the world’s largest self help group for people who want to kick their alcohol addiction. Alcohol Anonymous is a group of men and women who have suffered from or are themselves suffering from alcoholism, and who turn towards each other in order to help themselves get rid of their addictions. If you think that you are an alcoholic or are “addicted to alcohol”, then you can seek help from your local AA chapter.

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“If you want your life to be more rewarding, you have to change the way you think.” Oprah Winfrey

Ask yourself this question, “Are addictions bad habits?” Yes! they are.

The resounding answer, to the question above, is based on the “habit model” that relates to addiction. The Theory of Addiction asserts that, if you say there is a difference, there only reason; and that is to persecute addicts.

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Many of us consume caffeine on a daily basis. Whether it’s in the form of coffee, tea or soda, it is a substance that gives us energy and gets us through our everyday lives. What we usually do not think about is that caffeine can be addictive just like many other external, illicit chemical compounds.

When we think of addictions we usually think of things like alcohol, cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine. Caffeine almost never crosses our minds. Yet if we take a closer loo Read the rest of this entry »