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Addicted to porn: Net junkies reveal how habit destroys lives

SQUEAKY clean in public but privately wallowing in murk, these three Brits are among the nation’s 1.2million porn junkies. They spend up to EIGHT HOURS a day ogling videos and pictures online or on TV and their addiction has overtaken their lives to devastating effect. One is a trainee teacher whose obsession ruined his career [...]

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How to Avoid Adderall Addiction

Adderall is a prescription medication used to treat both attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and narcolepsy. The drug is classified as an amphetamine, meaning that it can be addictive if abused or taken for an extended period of time. Here are four ways to avoid an adderall addiction: Stick to your prescribed dosage. Dosages are [...]

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How to Prepare for Being in a Good Relationship

Being in a good relationship takes work. So does starting one. But it’s absolutely worthwhile. Not only does it steer you in the right direction for a fulfilling relationship, it also helps you get to know yourself. Here, Mark E. Sharp, Ph.D, a psychologist in private practice who specializes in relationship issues, shares what makes a [...]

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A Deficit In Empathy And Distorted View Of Irony In Alcoholic Men

Emotions are often implicit undertones to our communication interactions, and decoding them requires substantial social and cognitive abilities. Prior research has shown that chronic alcoholics often demonstrate impaired socio-cognitive and communicative abilities as well as emotion-related behaviors. Male alcoholics in particular suffer from dysfunctions in empathy. A study of the ability of chronic male alcoholics [...]

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Avoiding Things That Make Depression Worse

Depression sometimes leaves a person feeling hopeless and even powerless. Symptoms seem uncontrollable. But researchers have found that there are ways for those with depression to have more personal power in their healing. Researchers have identified certain things that may cause depression symptoms to actually get worse. Those with depression can prevent themselves from falling [...]

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The two sides of drug abuse: The startling photos that show the ravaging effects of substance addiction

Many would automatically assume judgements about those caught in the grip of drug addiction. But one photographer has sought to overcome the stereotypes by presenting both faces of a drug addict - the classic before and after picture. Using make up and models, Roman Sakovich showed one half of a face ravaged by drugs, including [...]

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Economic cost of gambling addiction takes heavy toll

Gambling is just like some other risky activities, in that when done in moderation, for enjoyment, there’s nothing too bad about it. However, like other bad habits, it becomes destructive when a person becomes addicted and the economic impact of gambling addiction exacts a heavy toll. A Catholic nun is facing grand larceny charges in [...]

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Cities as an incubator for tobacco harm reduction, a “social contagion” model

Dr Carl Phillips gives a fascinating presentation at City Health 2012 on tobacco harm reduction (THR) and illustrates with a complex systems model how THR will spread most readily in a dense urban population. It's probably best to watch this video in the highest resolution you can, to best see the modelling. Carl's blog about [...]

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Football’s addiction to gambling

To my mind, gambling is the son of avarice and the father of despair. I have never got in over my head where gaming is concerned but I have witnessed some horror stories that have made the front page of the national press and, away from the blackjack table, I have experienced the sharp decline [...]

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Caffeine! the world’s most popular psychoactive drug

Hank delves into the details about that very popular substance: caffeine. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xl1XBJLfIDU&feature=relmfu

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