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Relapse is when an addict chooses to abstain from drinking from alcoholism or substance abuse and suddenly gets back to the old habits. Relapses are usually brought back on by triggers. These triggers are classified into three types; emotional, environmental and exposure. Old memories, friends, events, older relationships and locations, seeing or feeling an object […]

Alcoholism and depression are an example of a dual diagnosis. In this case it can happen that the addict may be given treatment for depression alone leaving alcoholism aside in which case, the possibility of recovery is nil since the issues are co-occurring and co-dependent on each other. A conventional treatment would address either of […]

Most often than not, family members are the worst hit in case of an addiction. The consequences of addiction do not end at ruining the addict’s life but also extend to interfere with the life of his/her family members and loved ones. The most tragic part of all of it is that the addict, though […]

As if it is not scary enough to see most teenagers gravitating towards drugs usage and substance abuse, Social Media has now emerged to be a handy platform for the availability of drugs for teenagers. Research has it that social media is repeatedly being used by teenagers to buy drugs. Instagram reported to a become […]

Addiction is a disease-causing uncontrollable craving towards a substance/service. Addiction often results in devastating consequences. With the current attention to the growing addiction rates, the quest to find out the source of these addictions led to blaming one cause over another, adding imaginations and of course some results of studies to the already existing myths. […]