Addiction Medicine

Harm reductionist Harley Hammond manages a dedicated team at the Bridgeworks Syringe Access Program in the heart of Portland, Oregon. Known as a pillar of compassion and hope, she fights for the rights and well-being of people who use drugs. When a torrent of fentanyl-laced heroin floods a city already crippled by the failed War on Drugs, overdose preventions are overwhelmed and the Bridgeworks team rushes to put life-saving supplies into the hands of those who need them most.

Sabemos que fumar nos hace mucho daño, y que no nos aporta nada. No relaja, no fomenta la concentración, tampoco entretiene, y ni siquiera está bueno. En el fondo de sí mismo, el fumador sabe perfectamente que está haciendo el primo al persistir en ello. Y sin embargo porqué cuesta tanto dejar de fumar? Qué hay detrás de esta adicción? Descubre las claves para liberarte del tabaco. En realidad, dejar de fumar es sencillo y posible para cualquiera.

Diese Audio-Übungen sind konzipiert, einen entspannten und gesünderen Umgang mit Alkohol- und Zigarettenkonsum zu fördern. In der hier vorliegenden Zusammenstellung der Übungen erhalten Sie neben den allgemeinen Erläuterungen und Hinweisen die Übungen jeweils bezüglich Alkohol- und Zigarettenkonsum, mit einem Abschnitt zur Reflexion des Tages (Abendritual). Ferner zum Thema Zigarettenkonsum jeweils eine längere und eine kürzere Version ohne Abendritual.

Meditation zum Einschlafen | Und das erlebst du heute: Bei einem Spaziergang durch die Stadt fällt dein Blick auf eine Apotheke. Sie ist noch nicht modernisiert und sieht fast so aus, wie vor 100 Jahren. Neugierig gehst du hinein. Dir begegnet der freundliche Apotheker Claas, der dich fragt, ob er dir helfen könne... Während einer hypnotischen Reise hörst du seine Stimme, die dir klar macht, dass heute der richtige Zeitpunkt ist, um mit dem Rauchen aufzuhören. Ja, du kannst es schaffen. Diese hypnotische Wohlfühlreise hilft dir dabei, Zigaretten zu vergessen.

20 Minuten Meditation für die Pause | Und das erlebst du heute: Ja, du kannst es schaffen. Diese hypnotische Wohlfühlreise hilft dir dabei, Zigaretten zu vergessen. Sie werden uninteressant für dich. Starte rauchfrei in ein gesundes und glückliches Leben. Affirmationen: Ich bin frei vom Rauchen! Ich schaue nach vorn und vergesse meine schlechten Gewohnheiten! Ich liebe mein neues, gesundes Leben! Zigaretten sind mir komplett egal!

Heroin addiction is quite possibly the worst of all drug addictions. The road to recovery is normally a very long and torturous one, not only for the user, but for everyone around them. However, with the right kind of treatment and care - and knowing what to expect along the way - it is actually quite possible to recover from heroin addiction and overcome the dependency altogether. That a heroin addict will seldom admit to their addiction doesn't make things any easier.  

What substance can be used to cure depression, alleviate pain, and wean people off opiate and morphine addictions? Maybe you've never heard of it, but it comes from Thailand, and it's called kratom. So, what is kratom? Is it a dangerous, illegal narcotic, as the Thai government decided in 1943 and as other governments have agreed? Or is it a life-saving pain reliever that also can have stimulant and anti-depressant effects? That is the question we will investigate in this audiobook.

Learn the essentials about the three "happy" hormones - oxytocin, endorphin, and dopamine - and estrogen. Oxytocin is a powerful hormone. It isn’t called the “love drug” for nothing. Endorphin is more of a catch-all as it implies a pharmacological activity as opposed to a specific chemical formulation. Dopamine is a hormone that is also big on making you feel good. Estrogen is basically a girl form of testosterone. It’s responsible for the development and maintenance of her female parts.

A Psychiatrist's Guide: Stop Teen Addiction Before It Starts outlines how addictive substances and activities hijack the teenage brain to create an addiction...With a non-judgmental approach, Gayani describes family dynamics and parenting choices that inadvertently promote the development of an addiction. Armed with knowledge about how addiction develops, Dr. DeSilva coaches parents on how to optimize their parenting strategies to help their children avoid getting addicted.

Codependence: Coping with Addiction, Sadism and Abuse is based on a white paper the author drafted for a drug rehabilitation center in the United States. The study is basically divided in three parts, dealing with different manifestations of parent-child codependence and the resulting lacking autonomy and self-reliance of the later adolescent and young adult, who, as a result of his early entanglement with a parent gets into a negative growth spiral by a rather queer sexual development (sadism), and dependency patterns in all spheres of life.

Suffering from chronic pain or illness is debilitating on its own, let alone when the treatments given are ineffective or even harmful. Patients are often given opioids to manage their symptoms, but is this the best option available? According to the American Psychiatric Association, about 2 million people in the US alone have a substance-use disorder linked to prescription opioids. What if there was a better way to treat your symptoms? Enter marijuana - what used to be taboo has now become commonplace.

Are you interested in Psychedelics, but been scared off by the warnings and misconceptions? Are you looking to delve into the background behind them, or the science behind how these drugs could help you? With detailed advice and scientifically-backed studies, this audiobook seeks to unveil the often-stigmatized world of Psychedelics and show the benefits of these hallucinogenic drugs - as well as what to expect, and how to stay safe when using them.

There is an alternative healing technique that is gaining popularity these days called Emotional Freedom Techniques or EFT. It is more commonly known as EFT tapping because of the tapping method utilized by this particular healing process to alleviate a range of physical, spiritual, and emotional issues. 

This invaluable audiobook will take you along the six necessary steps to developing a new life without the dependency of alcohol. Learn the steps and tricks I have used as a recovering alcoholic for the past decade to live a new life away from the bottle.

Sugar is an addictive substance, just like caffeine, nicotine, or alcohol. And whilst we all know that a diet high in sugar can cause obesity, heart disease, cancer and diabetes, it is now also linked to a wide range of other serious health conditions, such as poor brain development in children, cataracts - even Alzheimer's. Quite simply, our excess intake of sugar, from the spoonfuls we tip into our tea to the high levels of fructose hidden in packaged foods, is making us fat and sick, and is prematurely aging our skin.

What if I told you that achieving your weight loss goals needn't be so damn hard! Listening to this guided hypnosis audio is an excellent strategy to tap into the power of your mind to overcome bad habits that have kept you from achieving your weight loss goals. What makes hypnosis such a powerful tool is that any suggestions are directly embedded into your subconscious mind where real and lasting changes occur. Your subconscious mind will be reprogrammed to enable you to successfully lose weight.

This audiobook is filled with weight loss affirmations designed specifically to help you burn fat, overcome food addiction, and live a healthier lifestyle. The powerful guided meditations dig deep into your subconscious mind, bringing out a power within yourself that you never knew existed. Let’s be honest: Most exercises and diets never seem to work how you envisioned them. The affirmations provided here don’t focus on the latest diet or exercise tricks.

Would you like to lose weight fast and naturally? Have you tried countless diet regimens and exercises but are still struggling with weight loss? The hypnotic gastric band is a pain-free, completely natural healthy eating tool that can help control your appetite and your portion sizes. Simply adjust it to suit you, feel the difference, and watch the pounds drop off. These hypnosis sessions are all about regulating food portions in a naturally and highly effective way by engaging your subconscious in the process.

Six Rings is a book interested in analyzing the complexities of the brain, as well as identifying the various changes substance addiction makes to the neural pathways. The brain takes centre stage, and apart from providing insight to aid in the understanding of addictions, enormous effort is put into analyzing the different strategies that can be employed to develop the brain.