Archive for October, 2008

Chemical Imbalance and Addiction – Fact Or Pharmacological Gold Mine

Friday, October 24th, 2008

Over the past several decades the phrase "Chemical Imbalance" has become a household term that has evolved into the preconceived concept of a brain disease that is directly responsible for depression and psychological disorders. Obviously, no one would come to this conclusion without a little persuasion from the psychiatric community, ...

Emotional Freedom Techniques For Benzodiazepine Withdrawal – The Ideal Self Management Tool

Thursday, October 23rd, 2008

Benzodiazepine Withdrawal and EFT- the Ideal Self-Management ToolI'm an advanced Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) Practitioner as well as being a recovered involuntary benzodiazepine (benzo) addict. I came off benzos in 1988 and qualified in EFT in 2006. That's quite an unusual combination. I wish EFT had been around when I was ...

Addiction and the Criminal Justice System

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008

Straight off the top... Addicts for one reason or another, have a problem coping with every day life in our Society! Drugs fill some void in their life, family or personality. A large number of people, who progress to the stage of drug use that is Addiction, are self-medicating! Many ...