Wanna deal with your “self-medication” based addiction? Try this: recognize the fact that your substance use isn’t medicating anything, that is, that you are taking the wrong medicine. Once you know this, you can stop it. Let’s tackle the issue of stress, a ubiquitous experience that is widely believed to be relieved by alcohol. This… Continue reading The myth that alcohol relieves stress
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The key ingredient to a successful quit or reduction of substance use.
There’s nothing worse than white knuckling it while trying to quit or moderate a drug or alcohol habit. Just barely hanging on. Feeling tempted all the time. Resisting urges. Frantically avoiding anywhere you might find temptation – bars, parties, anywhere that you might run into people who use substances. Feeling left out, and generally punished… Continue reading The key ingredient to a successful quit or reduction of substance use.
Finally Some Real Reporting: Scientific American On “Curing” Yourself Of Addiction
Some honest reporting from Scientific American on the reality of natural “recovery” or self-change from substance use problems
Comparing Apples to Melons – Four Loko
A closer look at the facts reveals that Four Loko is only involved in drinking related incidents because those who choose to drink it are already risky binge drinkers with histories of starting drinking at an earlier age, drinking more, and drinking more often. Alcoholic energy drinks have been unfairly targeted – and most of them have less caffeine than the same amount of coffee!