Addiction in Family

The 10 Most Important Things Known About Addiction

If you were asked: ‘What are the most important things we know about addiction?’ what would you say? This paper brings together a body of knowledge across multiple domains and [...]

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Coping With Urges by Dr. Westermeyer

Habits and urges go hand in hand. In fact, many people in the throes of an addictive behavior problem, whether it is overeating, drug use or alcohol abuse, claim that [...]

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Mental Health Disorders

SCHIZOPHRENIA Schizophrenia is a psychotic disorder that causes changes in the person’s thinking, perception, mood and behaviour. It is a biochemical disorder of the brain and affects about 1% of [...]

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Addiction Treatment

There is no “one-size-fits-all” approach to addiction treatment. People’s needs vary. They depend on the severity and type of addiction problem, on the support available from family, friends and others, [...]

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Trends in Alcohol Consumption

In December 2012, the medical journal The Lancet released The Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 (GBD 2010). Supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, this collection of groundbreaking research studies will help [...]

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Look After Yourself

During my years in family practice, I often noticed that the death or illness of a person, especially among the elderly, was rapidly followed by the illness or even death [...]

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Effects on Family

Drug and alcohol abuse not only affects the abuser and his/her life, but also the lives of family members. When recovery begins, your whole family should be involved when possible. [...]

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Boundaries Protect

In the recovery language we continue to hear about shifting the focus from the addict to ourselves. We learn that to help another, we have to first help ourselves. The [...]

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Alcoholics & Their Family

Despite the common acceptance of drinking in our culture, the destructiveness of alcohol cannot be ignored. In 1956 the American Medical Association recognized alcoholism as a disease. Prior to this, [...]

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Methods of Family Therapy by Pat Jones

Abstinence may be as hard or even harder than drinking for the alcoholic because it reveals so many problems that were obscured by the family’s focus on alcohol. Denial remains as [...]

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Addiction Prevention Begins in the Crib

Gabor Mate doesn’t believe in hope. After years working with drug addicts on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, the Hungarian doctor doesn’t have time or patience for it. “Hope is all about the future; [...]

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Legalizing of Marijuana Raises Health Concerns

In the ’60s, marijuana was a hallmark of the counterculture, along with free love, bell bottoms, long hair and bandannas. But marijuana has had the most staying power. This month, [...]

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Tobacco Myths & Facts

Every society has its own drugs. But what constitutes a drug? A drug is any substance that modifies bodily functions. A psychoactive drug is any substance that affects the central [...]

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Prescription Drug Deaths And the Drug Industry

Terence Young, Member of Parliament for Oakville, Ontario, is the founder and Chair of Drug Safety Canada, a research and public advocacy organization based in Oakville. He has been active [...]

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Toxic People. Toxic Relationships.

What They Are and Why to Avoid Them by Marcia Purse Long ago, before I was even diagnosed with depression (my first psychologist had said I was “highly neurotic”), I was [...]

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Marijuana – Interesting Facts

There are 2,500 to 3,500 species of flowering plants Various uses around the world and in history included: Medicinal value Poisons Psychoactive Religious ceremonies Magic Initiation into puberty Escape reality [...]

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Alcohol Abuse Revisited

People use alcohol to feel pleasure, decrease anxiety, decrease inhibitions, and to relax. In the later stage of alcohol dependence, alcohol may be consumed to decrease uncomfortable withdrawal symptoms. An [...]

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Burnout

At some point, while trying to help an addict or alcoholic, we may begin to experience feelings of emotional exhaustion, or increased anxiety. These feelings may be associated with burnout [...]

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