Could You Be Addicted to Sex? Sex addiction affects millions of people worldwide. It is a complex and often misunderstood malady that can have a profound impact on an individual's life. Sex addiction can have devasting consequences, including broken relationships, financial ruin, and even legal problems. However, despite its prevalence, sex addiction is often stigmatized [...]
What is the link between Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and substance use disorders? Many adults with ADHD struggle with addictive behaviors that are often unrecognized and untreated. People with ADHD have an increased risk of alcohol or substance misuse as a way to self-treat or self-medicate, undiagnosed or undertreated symptoms of ADHD, such as [...]
What is Considered a Sex Addiction? Sex addiction is a compulsive need to perform sexual acts to achieve that same kind of “fix.” It is similar to the psyche of how a person who suffers from alcohol use disorder obsesses about how they are going to get their next drink. Those struggling with a sex addiction may [...]
Addiction Addiction affects people in many ways. It can slowly grab a hold of the important things in life and push those aside. Feeding the addiction takes over the top of the priority list, while everything else takes a back seat. Over time, addiction affects various and many aspects of one’s life, eventually becoming the [...]
Healing from Addiction Addiction is an all-consuming disease that affects each aspect of someone’s life. It takes over control of decision making, but more importantly risks the long-term health of those afflicted. Having an addiction is lonely and without professional help and/or peer support, can be virtually impossible to control. Getting help or treatment for [...]
Addiction Addiction is a common issue that can affect anyone. There is a wide range of definitions for addiction, but it is a disease. This disease causes changes in a person’s brain that lead to the compulsive use or need to use a substance or some other outside variable such as gambling or sex. This [...]
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