The Truth Behind Ambien Addiction Ambien abuse is an alarming and deadly new way for adolescents and adults to get high.   What begins as an attempt to get a good night’s sleep, after suffering for weeks or even months with insomnia, can turn into an addiction to the sleep aid prescription medication, Ambien.  Some [...]

Gambling does not carry the same stigma that drug abuse does and in most cases it is not illegal, however it can be just as addictive and life altering when it becomes a compulsive habit.  Individuals with an addictive personality, either present before a specific addiction is born or presenting itself down the road, tend [...]

If you are spending money as a way to relieve your stress, and to escape your problems, and doing so on a regular basis, then you may be suffering from the disorder known as shopping addiction. As the disorder progresses you may find yourself spending money compulsively, often beyond your means. Like many other addictions, [...]

One of the main characteristics of the disease of addiction is the loss of the ability to differentiate poor decisions from smart ones. Many people who are currently in the throws of an addiction deny the possibility that they have become dependent on their previously recreational habit. Even after making countless poor decisions to obtain [...]

Have you ever wondered why some people achieve long term sobriety and others do not? Why some people jump from treatment center to treatment center attempting to get sober several times, but never quite make it, and others get it on the first attempt? The answer is simple. Overwhelming evidence has shown that patients who [...]

Lets start by defining the term enabling. To enable is to supply with the means, knowledge, or opportunity to be or do something – to make feasible or possible. The act of enabling is born of positive intentions, such as helping a loved one, but when it comes to certain problems, such as enabling an [...]