Addiction and Sex Workers
Unfortunately addiction can lead to sex working or in other words prostitution, hooking, stripping etc. Some sex workers use drugs to numb themselves in order to continue working. Others turn to sex working as a last resort to score drug money for an ongoing drug addiction
Self-Medication and Addiction
There are three basic models of addiction: choice, disease and self-medication. When looking at the research, the model of self-medication and addiction might be the most accurate of the three. Trauma, Self-Medication and Addiction For a while now, it has been recognized that trauma and addiction go hand-in-hand. So it’s not a stretch to say . . . . Continue Reading
Drug Treatment for Mothers
Drug treatment for mothers will help women who have struggled with substance abuse throughout their entire lives finally get back on track by giving them new focus. These mothers, either pregnant or with young children
5 Ways you are Enabling an Addict
Most people don’t want to enable the addict in their life, they only want to help. Yet so many friends and loved ones of the addict end up doing more harm than good by enabling.
How Depression and Anxiety Can Fuel Addiction
It’s one thing to have a glass of wine at the end of a hectic day, once in a while. But when you find yourself constantly seeking alcohol or other substances as a way to reduce stress and cope with the stress that comes with life, then this should be an indication of the beginning . . . . Continue Reading
Women and Prescription Drug Abuse
But why are so many women involved with prescription drug abuse? Women and their fondness for prescription drugs actually dates back to the 1960s and 70s
Addiction and Low Self-Esteem
Addiction and Low Self-Esteem One of the things that plagued me when I first began getting treatment for my addiction was low self-esteem. I had low self-esteem when it came to pretty much everything in my life. I had low self-esteem when it came to what I thought I was capable of, of whether or . . . . Continue Reading
Pablo Escobar’s Right Hand Man Says: “People Like Me Can’t Be Stopped”
In an interview for Der Spiegel, Velásquez voiced his opinion that the current United States-led “war on drugs” is unwinnable, saying: “People like me can’t be stopped. It’s a war. They lose men, and we lose men. They lose their scruples, and we never had any.”
Lance Armstrong Admits to Doping
Over the last few years, Lance Armstrong has repeatedly denied all charges of doping during his biking career – and the charges came thick and fast from multiple legal entities. Ultimately, the World Anti-Doping Agency stripped him of his seven Tour de France titles though he never confessed. But in an Oprah interview that will air over two nights, Armstrong has reportedly come clean, apologizing to many of his staffers and to fans for his use of performance enhancing substances during his career.
Are Synthetic Drugs Over?
Synthetic drugs of all kinds – usually sold under the name of K2, spice, or bath salts – were all over the media last year. With all the hype and myths and new laws surrounding synthetic substances, will we be seeing much of them in 2013?