Creating the Soil of Addictions
Emotional Abuse
Active
Yelling / Screaming
Name calling / Put-downs
Profanity
Passive
No expression of affection
No caring or nurturing
No listening
Physical Abuse
Active
Hitting / Slapping
Pushing / Shoving
Spanking in anger
Passive
Being left alone
Inadequate food, shelter, clothing
No teaching of self-care
Sexual Abuse
Active
Sexual humour /
Teasing about body
Sensual touching or arousal
Genital or oral sex
Passive
Sex information not taught
Lack of masculine & feminine affirmation by father figure
Healthy [...]
Women are statistically at the same level as men in the abuse of cocaine, according to this Daily Mail article
Understanding addiction has never been an exact science, especially to those who are in the front line trying to help people in their recovery. It can be argued that addiction is a chronic relapsing illness. Many in the world, who don’t understand this definition as applied to addiction, (and often the drug users themselves), think that perhaps addiction is just a matter of choice and making right decisions.
More Light and Less Heat Needed.
A startling revelation about women and cocaine abuse from the Daily Telegraph
Using psychoanalysis to look at the depiction of drug addiction in film. This article was first published on guardian.co.uk on 14 January 2009.
There may not be an obvious connection between Frank Sinatra, Leonardo DiCaprio and psychiatry, but a series of screenings at the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) in London hopes to use psychoanalysis to [...]
Why is change so difficult? Maybe we believe it has already cost us a lot to get this far so why risk everything. We are also creatures of habit. We form our habits, then our habits form us.
Why is change so difficult? Maybe we believe it has already cost us a lot to get this far so why risk everything. We are also creatures of habit. We form our habits, then our habits form us.
Why is change so difficult? Maybe we believe it has already cost us a lot to get this far so why risk everything. We are also creatures of habit. We form our habits, then our habits form us.
