Addiction Science

In order to overcome a common but frequently hidden addiction, "Quit Porn: 32 Science-Based Tactics on How to Quit the Habit of Being Addicted to Porn and Masturbation" provides a practical and transforming strategy. This ground-breaking book explores the complex interplay of psychological, biological, and social factors that lead to the addiction to pornography, giving listeners a deep comprehension of the subject and the useful skills they need to become well.

Protecting Your Children from Internet Pornography exposes the many ways that pornography is menacing people, relationships, society, and—especially—our children. Dr. John Foubert’s ability to write about complex concepts in practical terms will help you understand issues like how pornography affects the brain, how pornography is a recipe for sexual violence, and why you should take measures to protect your children and those you love. Foubert’s book opens the door and invites the listener to join the battle against porn with greater knowledge of its actual effects.

Brian Phillips lies alone in the Lumpton Treatment Center, reflecting on the poor choices that lead him there. But when a deadly virus is unleashed, Brian must flee for his life-aided only by an ominous, otherworldly figure....

This is a guide to some of the most common and rare addictions in relation to human behavior.

This addiction therapy course has been created with the goal of enabling its students to pursue a rewarding career as an addiction therapist, working to help those with 'traditional' addictions or other behaviours and negative lifestyle choices to overcome their afflictions with positive action. This addiction therapy course introduces students to the subject by concentrating on the nature of addiction itself. Students will understand basic human needs in relation to addiction and how therapists approach addiction.

People love video games, and that’s not always a foul thing. Whether played on a hand-held device, a computer, or a TV, the games may provide hours of quiet fun. The games may boost PC skills and better eye-hand coordination. One field of study demonstrated that surgeons who play video games perpetrate fewer surgical mistakes than do their non-game-playing counterparts. Do you discover yourself supervising how much time someone in your life or you spends with his Gameboy?

Superstimuli: behaviours, objects and social cues that are exaggerated versions of things we have evolved to want and need. In Super Stimulated, international bestselling author and scientist Nicklas Brendborg shows how our biological response to these superstimuli is being manipulated by powerful companies in ways that damage our health and ultimately shorten our lifespans. With startling statistics and fascinating examples from the animal world, he unveils how we can resist this hijacking of our natural instincts and take control of our bad habits to live longer, healthier lives.

When does gambling step over the line from entertainment to addiction? Gambling has moved from a sin and a vice to a past time and form of recreation. How does a family know when the entertainment has moved from a hobby to a compulsion or addiction? This audiobook will explore the history and trends of gambling addiction.

An eye-opening and hard-hitting work, When Religion is an Addiction not only puts the political activities of the right-wing in a new perspective, but explains how liberal responses have often enabled religious addiction to thrive. Dr. Minor applies contemporary understandings of addictions to the extreme Christian right-wing in the United States and concludes that for them religion is functioning as a process addiction. Crucial to the addictiveness of such religion is its obsession with human depravity, the ultimate expression of low self-worth.

The prescribing of pharmaceutical medications by licensed physicians is essential to the health of hundreds of millions of medical patients within the nation of the US and worldwide, but like most things that have a completely legitimate basis and an extremely important purpose, prescription issuing can become an imbalanced practice for some medical doctors.

Drop any painful self-destructive behavior by learning to quietly ask yourself just one powerful, self-awakening question. Find that question at the beginning of this course and answer it with new wisdom when asked again at the end. Plus, meet the addictive nature at the heart of all self-compromising behavior, and discover how to break free.

Uwe Blesching, author of The Cannabis Health Index, clearly and thoroughly lays out the overwhelming benefits of using cannabis - not only to reduce the nation’s dependence on opioids - but also to manage the craving and withdrawal symptoms of opioid addiction, and especially to address the pain that leads to drug use and addiction in the first place.

The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act was passed in 2008, and requires covered employers provide health plans to cover mental health services and substance abuse on the same basis as physical conditions.

In exploring this complex and deeply troubling issue, it is my hope that this book will shed light on the darker corners of the fentanyl epidemic and the unconventional warfare tactics employed by the Chinese and the Mexican drug cartels. By understanding the multifaceted nature of the crisis and the insidious strategies behind it, we can begin to formulate effective responses and work together to protect the health, safety, and well-being of the American public.

Seventeen-year-old Gertrude Morgan, the only child of one of the wealthiest couples in America, is shipped away from her home in New York City to the American school in Athens against her will. But the city of Athens has secrets. Her host family calls them tramps. In Greek, they are called vrykolakas, or vryks, which sometimes gets translated to freaks. They are the vampires of Athens, created centuries ago by the Maenads.

It is known that many men view porn and often go on to develop an addiction. However, have you ever wondered if women like porn too? Yes! Women most definitely watch porn too, as you will see in this book. So, what is the difference? Most women typically like porn in a different format than the majority of men, as their tastes and the type of porn they gravitate towards are very different. For instance, most women are more attracted to the more emotional sexual appeal of online chat rooms versus the visual porn sites.

Rebalancing ourselves, through the simple practice of conscious ritualing, will not only free us from our addictions, but it will give us a greater purpose as well: Saving our ecosystems. While landscapes are violent and competitive, ecosystems hold all landscapes together, harmoniously, and cooperatively. With ecosystems in mind, rather than landscapes, and qualia in our sights, rather than matter, we can break the big Dopamine habit and change the human economy.

Nena Schink ist süchtig. Ihre Droge: Instagram. Alles beginnt mit einem Experiment: Für das Jugendportal vom Handelsblatt soll sie selbst zur Influencerin werden. Nena, die sich sonst wenig um die Meinung anderer schert, bettelt nun bei ihren Freundinnen um Likes und Kommentare. Sie räkelt sich vierzig Minuten lang im Bikini auf einer Wassermelonen-Luftmatratze, die sie nur fürs Foto mit in den Urlaub genommen hat. All das kostet sie Zeit. Lebenszeit. Zwei Stunden täglich. 14 Stunden wöchentlich. 672 Stunden jährlich. Das sind 28 Tage, ein ganzer Monat.

Recovery from active addiction is a lifelong journey that can take many paths. By aligning yoga philosophy and poses with each of the 12 steps, Kyczy Hawk presents a physical and spiritual guide that complements and augments any 12-step practice. Listeners will investigate how they think, feel, and believe by using a new vocabulary to process traditional recovery principles.

Amends, Apologies, and the Myths of Forgiveness is a guide to the 12-step "amends" process and is intended to help recovering addicts navigate the eighth and ninth steps. Amends, Apologies, and the Myths of Forgiveness is dedicated to the belief that the amends process, while challenging, is doable. This booklet contains a wealth of guidelines, insights, and suggestions to help the recovering addict receive the gifts of this part of the path to sanity and wholeness.