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1.	Bookmarks: 0	Why Do I Feel Spacey, Unfocused, and Have Such Trouble Making Decisions? Stress, poor diet (especially with simple sugars & refined carbs), toxicity, alcohol, heavy metal toxicity, extended use of antibiotics, and birth control pills can cause Candida (yeast) overgrowth. Many people are unaware that over 80% of our population has some degree of Candida imbalance. Symptoms are different for everyone. Mycotoxins from the yeast cause problems in various parts of the body. Did you know that sugar addiction can be one of the main causes of Candida overgrowth?
2.	Bookmarks: 0	A Sugar Addict's Short Story with Related Issues Melissa English tells how possessed she was by her sugar addiction and how starting the day with a balanced protein drink can get you off to a great beginning nutritionally. Sometimes people who crave sugary foods are actually deprived of many vitamins and minerals. The following smoothie (or protein drink) recipes can satisfy the body in many ways.
3.	Bookmarks: 0	Personal Creed: 11 Steps to Disconnect from Addictive Sugar and Synthetic Sweeteners Do you need something to print and hold onto daily when you need help saying NO to sugar or diet sodas? This Creed with 11 Steps will help you remember why you want to stay on the path and get off sugar and synthetic sweeteners. Also read Suicide by Sugar, by Nancy Appleton PhD. Her facts scared the living daylights out of me; this knowledge gave me the courage to quit white sugar and white flour about 12 years ago.
4.	Bookmarks: 0	Sugar Addiction: Some Solutions Here are 2 recipes for your sweet tooth that have no addictive sugars. Most of us need more high quality protein in our diets in the middle of the afternoon...So the protein smoothie is a good option. Sweet potato can travel well and offers many great nutrients.
5.	Bookmarks: 0	Sugar Addiction: Researcher Says White Sugar & White Flour As Addictive As Crack
6.	Bookmarks: 0	Sugar Addiction: Motivation to Quit? Sugar addiction is a common affliction. Many want to say they just have an obsession. Some romanticize it with lots of glorious adjectives and act like it's the most natural thing in the world to be dreaming about the next magnificent dessert or piece of chocolate. Others admit it readily, but do not know how to fix the problem because it is - oh so socially acceptable, and the cravings are too strong. If you knew how to start the disconnect - would you? Over time, sugar will destroy your healt
7.	Bookmarks: 0	Sugar Addiction: It's Relation to Candida Overgrowth What is Candida, Candida Albicans or Candidiasis? Why do so many people have it?
8.	Bookmarks: 0	Sugar Addiction: Few Talk About It, Yet So Many Are Driven By It Want to learn how to overcome your sugar addiction? Or maybe you know white sugar, high fructose corn syrup, and other addictive sugars are bad for you, but you want more information to motivate you to give it up, or help you help your children avoid it more. Melissa English was a huge sugar-aholic and has been abstaining from addictive sugars for close to 10 years. She’s passionate about helping others find the personal power to get over the compulsion to eat addictive sugars.
9.	Bookmarks: 0	How Will A Gambling Addition Effect You? Gambling addiction is a growing problem for people all across the world. Whether it is gambling on sporting events, horse races, table games, or the increasingly popular poker games, the result can be the same. Certain people can gamble all day and it will never affect them. They will never feel like they are losing control no matter how much money is won or lost. Then there are the problem gamblers. They are usually good people, but they turn into degenerates when it comes t...
10.	Bookmarks: 0	Don't Hesitate To Get Addiction Treatment In our day and age, it seems like you do not have to look far or long to find people that are struggling with addictions of all kinds. Sometimes you have to look no further than to yourself to find a tough addiction. When we hear the word, addiction, we immediately think of alcohol or substance abuse don't we? But let me assure you, there is a far wider range of things to be addicted to, and getting addiction treatment can be great no matter what a person is addicted to.A...
11.	Bookmarks: 0	Java Junkie - Are You Hooked? The Java Junkie gets the monkey off his back!
12.	Bookmarks: 0	WHY MAGNETS FOR IMPROVED MUSCLE AND JOINT RELIEF? Many of us are looking for ways to avoid pill popping for muscle and joint relief. We know long term use of pain klillers can cause all kinds of health problems, including addiction. Magnets have been used as medical devices for over 4000 years. Equestrians have long recognized that magnetic wraps, discs and bands greatly reduce the recovery time of their animals after races or events. Athletes use magnets for increased energy, balance, stamina, sprains and strains.
13.	Bookmarks: 0	Drug Trade Accounts for Forty Percent of the Afghan Economy Yet, what does this say about our world, where such an obscene industry can thrive? It's not just the growers and traffickers that are contributing to the problems, but the users of the end product. Those users ultimately feed the entire industry's cash flow.
14.	Bookmarks: 0	Boundaries And Addictions Many of us have experienced difficult relationships with someone or with several people who have been addicted to alcohol, drugs, gambling, or some other unhealthy pursuit. How might we deal with these difficult relationships, recognize them early, and prevent such relationships in the future?My own dear mother was unfortunately alcoholic. One day I realized something vitally important:Just because you love someone, doesn't mean it is healthy to be near them.It is...
15.	Bookmarks: 0	The Web Of Anxiety Anxiety is something that many believe is an inherent part of being alive, and it is certainly a part of modern life in many ways. However, when a person is unable to handle anxiety properly, then it can lead to a wide range of problems that have to be dealt with. Among these problems are depression, panic disorders, addictions, and a variety of other mental health problems.
16.	Bookmarks: 0	Dangers Of Prescription Drug Addiction In recent years, we have seen a growing trend, a dangerous trend that has unfortunately, cost people's lives. While years ago drug addiction was related to street drugs such as cocaine, methamphetamine, or heroin, we now see the dangers of prescription drug addiction. In fact, trips to hospital emergency rooms for prescription drug abuse from 2000 to 2002 rose a staggering 56%. Because of the huge problem, a number of new programs have been established to help educate doctors...
17.	Bookmarks: 0	The Dark Side Of Cash Advance, Its Addiction And How You Can Overcome It. The main reason anyone should avoid cash advances is the huge interest rates that companies attach to their loans. These huge interest rates will make you pay so much back that it will put you in an even deeper financial problem. This is why you need to seek out a cash advance loan with affordable interest rates or simply look for another way to get the money you need until your next paycheck.Missing a payment is another big problem when taking cash advance. When you miss...
18.	Bookmarks: 0	Survival Survival challenges us through many different issues such as: child abuse, sexual abuse, birth, death, job loss, health problems, low self-esteem, relationship ups and downs, parenting, deceptions, breakdowns, poverty, natural disasters, education, addictions and even our own desires to be strong.
19.	Bookmarks: 0	Get The Most Out Of Self Hypnosis There are many benefits to using self hypnosis. It can be used to overcome fears, fight addictions such as smoking, improve confidence and self esteem, and improve sports performance, to name just a few. In fact self hypnosis can be used to improve just about anything you want to in your life. For some people self hypnosis is extremely easy and requires very little effort. Some take to it like a duck to water, while other people may need to experiment a bit more to reap t...
20.	Bookmarks: 0	Conquer Addiction With Hypnosis An addiction can take control of a person’s life. For example a successful man who is an alcoholic can lose everything including his business, family and reputation because of the devastating affects of his alcohol addiction. Alcohol is just one of many debilitating addictions that can affect our lives. Others include tobacco, prescription medication, food, recreational drugs or even sex. When a person is under the power of an addiction, that addiction controls their work rel...
21.	Bookmarks: 2	Why Some People Are Hostile To Natural Medicine My Top-Ten List of Why Some People are Hostile to Natural MedicineLazinessIn this quick-fix, instant-gratification society some people are too lazy and too spoiled to do the actual work required to be healthy. It’s so much easier and so tempting to simply pop some pills hoping that that will somehow deliver health.Drug AddictionBetween Coffee, Chocolate, Green Tea, Black Tea, Cola Drinks, Yerba Mate, Cigarettes and Alcohol, some people don’t go a day without s...
22.	Bookmarks: 0	Your Smoking Addiction Can Be Un-Hooked And Un-Trapped Hooked, trapped, desperate—Oh these words are so heart wringing. Are those that utter these soul-searing cries being tied up by their thumbs? Or have they fallen down an old mine shaft?Well, umm, no, they have… well they have made a decision to become hooked, trapped and desperate.See the news blog tumbling out... Scottish smokers, hooked on their smoking addiction have vowed to fight the smoking bans.Read the Press Release from the pharmaceutical company announci...
23.	Bookmarks: 0	Stopping The Drug And Alcohol Temptations The addiciton to drugs and painkillers has received more publicity after Rush Limbaugh spent a month in rehab for an addiction to painkillers. Celebrities such as Whitney Houston and Faith Evans also were in the news for drug rehabilitation treatment.Studies at the University of Buffalo have shown that those who fall into addictions often suffer from a tendency for self-blame and shame and this may lead someone towards drugs and alcohol as a way to cope.Look at your o...
24.	Bookmarks: 0	Is Smoking a Socially Fashionable Habit? If smoking was really that hazardous and a killer habit, very few would smoke today. Nicotine – the active substance in cigarettes – is akin to similar chemicals found in tea and coffee, and other habit related drugs. Having a cigarette means very much the same to a smoker as having a cup of tea means to us. Yet one habit is vilified, and the other is even encouraged as being healthy.
25.	Bookmarks: 0	How To Quit Smoking Once And For All It is undisputed that smoking is harmful to your health. It increases chances of a heart attack; is a leading cause of lung and other types of cancers; and is also an expensive habit. But, smokers who try to quit will attest to the fact that quitting is not easy. The nicotine found in cigarettes is highly addictive and most smokers who try to quit attempt to do so several times before being successful.It is best to prepare yourself for quitting by removing all cigarettes,...
26.	Bookmarks: 0	Addiction Retreats Addiction is a brutal development regardless of the vice. Addiction retreats offer unique treatment programs that are helping addicts recover.
27.	Bookmarks: 0	Is There Any Cure For Golf Putting Problems? It is perhaps the supreme irony in golf that the simplest shot in the book seems to cause the biggest problem to the largest number of golfers. Let's face it, the putt is the only golf shot that it is really possible to execute flawlessly without any tuition at all. We all start off doing this as kids. Some of us are even superb at it at this young age. It is this shot that is often the spur that leads to a lifelong addiction to this wonderful game of golf. What then,...
28.	Bookmarks: 0	Addiction to Blame Allen consulted with me because his wife of 18 years had threatened to leave him if he didn’t stop blaming her all the time. He admitted to frequently blaming her in a variety of situations. He blamed her if he thought she made a mistake, if he thought she was wrong about something, if he was feeling alone, or even if he had a bad day at work.
29.	Bookmarks: 0	Recovery From Addictions: Part 1 This is the first of a 5-part series on recovery from addictions. This first part defines substance and process addictions and describes the four major false beliefs that underlie most addictions.
30.	Bookmarks: 0	Overcoming Addictions There are many myths and misconceptions surrounding the reasons why addictions occur. Some believe that substances in themselves are not addictive, that it is the bodies chemical reaction to the substance to which the individual is addicted. This claim could certainly seem plausible when considering gambling or shopping addictions. There is no foreign chemical entering the body, rather that the body is creating its own chemical reaction (excitement/ adrenalin) in response to ...
31.	Bookmarks: 0	Unsatisfied Basic Needs And Addictive Behavior Throughout our lives we have various requirements that must be met. These are our needs and desires, which range from basic physical needs to selfless desire. When any of these are not met, negative physical, mental, and emotional complications and addictions can result, sometimes with distressful consequences. This discussion is about needs.A need is an explicit requirement, like feeling hungry and demanding to eat or seeking assurance when you feel unloved and insecure....
32.	Bookmarks: 0	I Can't Stop You've tried everything but that thing you are addicted to just won't go away. So you start looking for external things to solve the problem. I mean things like nicotine patches, self help books, step programs or articles like this one. There is a simple truth you need to understand.
33.	Bookmarks: 0	Eliminating Your Addiction With Self-Help Tapes Asap! Self improvement tapes help you to achieve your goal of quitting by detailed instructions. Full audio support can make a difference when you don’t have the time for lengthy therapy sessions and just don’t have the privilege of affording them. I have included some of the data’s which the tapes features and what it could do to help you along the way.Hypnosis is an amazing tool for self-help. There is nothing as pleasant as allowing yourself to sink into a nice and easy tran...
34.	Bookmarks: 0	Dealing With Addiction In The Family Dealing with addicted family members is always a big challenge. There are some important issues to explore when someone you love is harming themselves. ARE YOU CONTRIBUTING TO THE PROBLEM?People use various addictions to avoid their painful feelings, especially their feelings of anxiety, stress, aloneness, emptiness and loneliness. Is there some way that you are contributing to their pain? While you are not responsible for how someone deals with pain, you are responsi...
35.	Bookmarks: 1	Alcohol Addiction — What Were You Up To Last Night? Do you remember what you did last night? And the night before, and the night before that?If you have mornings where you forget what you did the night before, it is time to take a serious look at your drinking habits.Alcohol addiction could mean that you drink every day; or that you drink to excess every week; or that you feel you can't cope without alcohol. You don't have to be permanently drunk to be addicted.Consider the effects that your drinking has at the mom...
36.	Bookmarks: 0	Addiction: When Gambling Becomes a Problem This article deals with the problems associated with an gambling addiction. You can read here about the signs, causes and treatment of such problems.
37.	Bookmarks: 0	Addiction to Self-Judgment “I’m such a jerk. How could I have said that?”“I’m a looser. I’ll never get anywhere.”“I’m so stupid. I should have learned this by now.”“I don’t fit in. I don’t belong with these people.”“I’ll never be good enough. I’ll never do it right enough.”“I’m permanently emotionally damaged. I’ll never be okay.”“No one could love me. I’m not lovable.”
38.	Bookmarks: 1	Recovery From Addictions, Part 5 In this final part of a 5-part series on recovery from addictions, I address the way out of addictions. Learn the powerful 6-Step Inner Bonding process that, when practiced, will heal addictions.
39.	Bookmarks: 2	Recovery From Addictions, Part 2 (This is Part 2 of a 5-part series on addiction).In Part 1 of this series of articles, I defined substance and process addictions, and described the four major false beliefs that underlie most addictions:1. I can’t handle my pain.2. I am unworthy and unlovable.3. Others are my source of love.4. I can have control over how others feel about me and treat me.This article addresses the first of these beliefs, and goes into the process of learning to manage your ...
40.	Bookmarks: 1	Deal With Pornography Addiction What is the key cause for people to get addicted to pornography? Is it loneliness, or the want to be loved with passion? Does it begin with exploring, is it lust or is it the whetstone for a warped mind? Well different people have different views about watching too much of porn and strangely pornography is the largest on-line business with the most number of Internet searches going out to the porn industry.Some people just think its time to pass, while on the other hand i...
41.	Bookmarks: 2	Addiction to Perfection The following email was sent to me by Karen, a member of our website:“For no obvious reason this morning, I was feeling anxious and depressed. I looked at it and realized that the false belief creating all this was that I have to be perfect in order for me to allow myself to feel happiness. Yet, there are so many conditions for me to be perfect that it is almost impossible to achieve.
42.	Bookmarks: 3	Addiction To Numbness Linda sat opposite me at one of my five-day Inner Bonding Intensives. She had decided to attend the Intensive because her depression, which had plagued her for years, was not being helped by medication or by the numerous forms of therapy that she had tried. As she sat opposite me, telling me about her past and her depression, I felt like I was sitting with a person who had stuffed herself into a box and closed the door. There was a sense of emptiness and numbness that ema...
43.	Bookmarks: 3	Addiction to Complaining Complaining is a way of life for some people. It was certainly a way of life for my mother. I don’t remember a day going by without her complaining, endlessly. I don’t think I ever heard a word of gratitude out of my mother’s mouth. No matter how good things were, she would manage to find something wrong. No matter how perfect I was – and God knows I tried to be perfect! – she always found something wrong with me, as well as with my father.
44.	Bookmarks: 0	Honesty: The First Step To Happiness Honesty is the first and most basic step to being happiy and healthy. It is not a surprise that it is teh first step in the 12-steps as well. The 12-steps are not just for addicts or people who believe in God. As a clinician I have developed an appreciation for how simply enacting the spiritual principles of the 12-Steps can drastically improve anxiety, depression, anger and addiction. Spirituality is more than just religion, it is a way of life. These principles are present ...
45.	Bookmarks: 0	Giving Love, Getting Love, Giving To Get Love. We need it from the moment we are born to thrive. We might survive but we do not thrive without abundant love. No wonder we work so hard to get it. No wonder we try to be perfect and do everything right to have control over getting love. No wonder we get anxious, angry or depressed when we do not get the love we need. No wonder we use numerous substance and process addictions to numb the pain when we feel alone and unloved.When we were little, our parents or other c...
46.	Bookmarks: 0	Balance: Flow and Faith Excessiveness leads to breakdowns in many areas of life. From health-related personal issues to watching the people that matter most in our life leaving us. This article reflects on the dangers and strategies that enable greater awareness leading to better choices. It's not about abstinence; it's about balance.
47.	Bookmarks: 0	Alcoholism: Why Can't I Stop Drinking? The underlying basis of all addictions - and alcohol is no exception - is the avoidance of pain. While there is evidence that some people have genetic and biological predispositions toward alcoholism, not all people with these predispositions abuse alcohol or become alcohol dependent. Many people who join AA learn to deal with their painful emotions without the use of alcohol, regardless of their genetic predisposition.What if you are a person who wants to stop drinking, ...
48.	Bookmarks: 0	Addiction to Spirituality Lian had been meditating for many years before consulting with me for his depression. He had been part of a spiritual community that encouraged their members to turn to God through prayer and meditation whenever they were feeling any difficult or painful feelings such as anger, hurt, anxiety, or depression. He had been taught that Spirit would transmute his feelings for him and bring him the peace he sought.
49.	Bookmarks: 0	Love Addiction, Approval Addiction In my experience as a counselor for 40 years, I have found that love addiction and approval addiction are far more prevalent than any other substance or process addictions. We live in a love-addicted, approval-addicted society.What does it mean to be love/approval addicted? Below is a checklist for you to see if you are addicted to love and/or approval. Believing any of these may indicate love or approval addiction.I believe that:* My happiness and wellbeing are d...
50.	Bookmarks: 0	Are You Addicted To Your Activities? Activities - such as sports, creative projects, reading, work, TV, meditation - can be a wonderful way to relax, express yourself, or connect to yourself. Or they can be an addiction. How can you know the difference?
51.	Bookmarks: 0	Chewing Tobacco - How To Stop The Addiction If you think smokeless tobacco is up to snuff and harmless, think again. Whatever you like to call it - spitting, dipping or chewing - it is every bit as harmful as smoking. The majority of medical researchers judge more so because users are not as aware of the threats. Cancers of the lips, mouth, tongue and throat can swiftly grow in people who use smokeless tobacco and cause grotesque and debilitating - even deadly - results.Even with the painful and dangerous consequ...
52.	Bookmarks: 0	Beyond Fear And Addiction: Six Steps To Healing There is a wonderful anachronism for FEAR:FalseEvidenceAppearing RealMuch of the fear in our lives is based on false evidence.Our bodies are designed to respond with the fight or flight mechanism to real and present danger - such as being physically attacked. In the face of real and present danger, the adrenaline flows and the blood drains out of our organs and brain and into our limbs to prepare us for fight or flight.Yet many people spend much of their...
53.	Bookmarks: 8	Healing From Childhood Abuse In the 37 years that I have been counseling individuals, I have worked with many people who have suffered from severe physical, emotional, and/or sexual abuse in childhood. Many who have sought my help were suffering from fear and anxiety, depression, various addictions, relationship problems and sexual problems. Many of these people had no memory of their childhood and had no idea why there were so unhappy. Many had spent years in therapy yet had never remembered their abuse...
54.	Bookmarks: 0	Addiction To Venting I was up too late with my friend Peg last night, Abigail told me in our phone session. She was needing to vent. Then I had a problem falling asleep, but at least I was there for her.How often does this happen? I asked her.Oh, fairly often. At least every couple of weeks.Why do you continue to listen to her?Isn't that what a good friend does?How do you feel when you listen to her?Kind of stressed.Do you see it helping her to vent to...
55.	Bookmarks: 0	Help Is On The Way: Call In The Thought Police We’re all grownups here, right? How hard can it be to be a functional adult? Then why do we struggle so? Depression and anxiety disorders are epidemic in our society. Stress-related health problems threaten the quality and span of our lives. Alcoholism and drug addiction touch many of our lives and to me reflect our attempts to find release or escape from pressure and our failure to thrive. Are we even built to withstand the strain of our increasingly mechanized world? We...
56.	Bookmarks: 1	The Power Of The Subconscious Mind Can Be Yours The power of the subconscious mind is undebatable. You may live as if you’re in control of your life. But you’re not. Your life is run by the power of the subconscious mind.The power of your subconscious mind can be helpful. Or it can be harmful.Unfortunately, for most people, the subconscious is more harmful than helpful. The subconscious mind is responsible for most of the habits and behaviors you wish you didn’t have. It’s the reason for addictions and de...
57.	Bookmarks: 0	How to Deal with gambling Addiction What to do if someone you care about has a gambling problem
58.	Bookmarks: 0	Como Controlar Adiccion a las Apuestas Aquí te presento una serie de consejos para tratar a un ser querido que es adicto a las apuestas de una forma efectiva.
59.	Bookmarks: 0	Addiction: When Gambling Becomes a Problem This article deals with the problems associated with an gambling addiction. You can read here about the signs, causes and treatment of such problems.
60.	Bookmarks: 3	The Nightshift Sleepless in Seattle brings on new meaning when staying up all night has nothing to do with another person but rather the shameless addiction of the written word. I would love to be a day person at some point, maybe when I grow up because I do miss that late morning air however, the night dawns so quickly thus my day begins.
61.	Bookmarks: 6	Why casinos need 24 hour day care By requiring casinos to offer daycare they could help save the lives of children of gambling addicted parents, and could help the parents receive help for their addiction.
62.	Bookmarks: 0	How to Deal with gambling Addiction What to do if someone you care about has a gambling problem
63.	Bookmarks: 0	Como Controlar Adiccion a las Apuestas Aquí te presento una serie de consejos para tratar a un ser querido que es adicto a las apuestas de una forma efectiva.
64.	Bookmarks: 0	Addiction: When Gambling Becomes a Problem This article deals with the problems associated with an gambling addiction. You can read here about the signs, causes and treatment of such problems.
65.	Bookmarks: 0	Are Your Relationships Codependent? Do you constantly have relationships where you feel exhausted because you're trying to rescue your friends or your lover from one catastrophe after another? You may be codependent, and if you are, it may be time to let go, and start looking after yourself for a change.