Addictions & Substance Abuse

Drug Addiction and its Ill Effects

Wed, 05/21/2008 - 15:09 — London Wellbein...

Drug addiction is taken into account as a pathological state. Drug addiction develops due to the long intake of acute drug to treat the abnormal functioning and vulnerability of the body, its capacity to respond to natural stimuli. Physical dependence and abuse of drugs and other substances is drug addiction. Drug addiction is often termed as substance dependence.

Substance dependence is categorized into three stages - anticipation or preoccupation, intoxication or binge and negative effect. An addict moves through these stages in ascending manner with the growing intensification of craving for the substance or drug.   

Addiction-causing Drugs 
 
Drugs that are supposed to develop addiction include over-the-counter drugs or illegal drugs.

Stimulants that increase and intensify your desire to take drugs:

- Amphetamine
- Methamphetamine
- Cocaine
- Caffeine
- Nicotine
- Alcohol
- Sedatives
- Hypnotics
- Barbiturates
- Benzodiazepines like clonazepam, alprazolam, nimetazepam, temazepam
- Codeine and Morphine
- Opioid and Opiate analgesics
- Semi-synthetic opiates like Oxycodone, Heroin and Hydromorphone
- Full synthetic opiates like Fentanyl, Methadone, Pethidine
- Cannabis

Here is something you should know on two of the commonest types of addictions – Alcohol Addiction and Pornography Addiction:

Alcohol Addiction

Alcohol addiction is a habitual or obsessive need for a liquid with intoxicating effects. Alcoholic liquids are made from the extract of fruit or fermented grain. Beer, wine and many other hard types of liquor are liquids with alcoholism.

Alcoholism develops when you crave for alcohol and your craving goes beyond control. If you stop consuming alcohol after getting deep into the habit of alcoholism, you may experience withdrawal symptoms like sweating, shakiness, anxiety or nausea. You are alcoholic if you feel urged to drink alcohol in plenty.      

Life-Threatening Effects of Alcohol Addiction: 

- Too much intake of alcohol can harm brain cells and lead to brain damage.
- It disturbs the function and structure of the central nervous system destroying its ability to process, retrieve and consolidate information.
- Affects the cognitive abilities of the body
- Reduces the supply of oxygen to the brain
- Inflames the mouth, stomach and esophagus
- Can cause cancer in the mouth, stomach and esophagus
- Can cause irregular heart attacks
- Can cause malnutrition, water retention, pancreatic disorders and high blood pressure
- Can damage sexual function and harm vision
- Breaks down the immunity of the body by weakening bones and muscles
- May lead to lever damage in three stages - liver enlargement, alcoholic hepatitis and cirrhosis.  

Pornography Addiction

Pornography addiction is one of the commonest addictive disorders. It is a kind of sexual addiction resulting from obsession with sex. Pornography addiction results in abuse or overuse of sex leading to indecent carnal activities. Teenagers and young adults fall prey to this addiction at the age of adolescence. After the introduction and development of the internet, it has spread like wild fire among the young. Online pornography is more addictive because of its explicitness and wide availability.

Evils of Pornography Addiction

Pornography addiction is full of inimical influence. It inhibits the blooming of young minds and development of young brains. It gradually robs the addicts of their reasoning capability, thinking process and creative faculty. They sometimes end up suffering from mental distress and depression due to the severity of pornography addiction. In many cases, it becomes the cause of their social disgrace.  

How London Wellbeing Clinic helps

David R Behan’s London Wellbeing Clinic at 10 Harley Street in London is a hub of therapies for getting rid of smoke, drug and alcohol addiction. David R Behan is a highly experienced and accomplished therapist. He offers health-friendly services like stress and anxiety management therapy, psychotherapies to remove these addictions from the root.  

 

Stop Smoking London

Tue, 03/11/2008 - 18:11 — London Wellbein...

Discover why people get addicted to smoking, what are the affects of smoking, why you should stop smoking and more importantly How to stop smoking.

A smoking addiction is when a person has formed an uncontrollable dependence to cigarettes to the point where stopping smoking would cause severe emotional, mental, or physical reactions. Everyone knows that smoking is harmful and addictive, but few people realise just how risky and addictive it is.

Statistics suggest that about one in three smokers who do not stop smoking (in London) will sadly die as a direct result of their smoking. Some will die in their 40s, others will die later. To be blunt on average, people will die 10 to 15 years earlier than they would have died from other or natural causes. The majority of smokers are desperate to stop and do actually try many times, but sadly only one in three actually succeeds in stopping permanently before age 60. By this time, much harm may have been done to the body - some of it irreversible. There is good news though, most of the damage is reversible, so its never too late.

The reason why so many people fail to stop smoking (in London) is because they are addicted. Being addicted does not mean that you cannot stop - only that it is likely to be somewhat difficult. Anyone can succeed and stop smoking (in London) if he or she goes about it in the right way.

How you stop and when you stop, is a very personal matter. Only you know what and why you have to give up, and how the benefits of smoking can be weighed against the benefits of stopping. Pressure from others who do not understand is often unhelpful, but poor health and fitness is a very good and real reason to quit. You will only stop smoking (in London) when you have made a firm decision. When you do make up your mind and make that strong decision, you can 100% succeed, regardless of how addicted you may be to smoking cigarettes and how many you actually smoke.

 

Important questions to ask yourself about why you should Stop Smoking:

Why is it important for you to stop smoking?

What would becoming a non-smoker mean to you?

How can YOU stop this habitual pattern of smoking?


The good news is, The Solution is Here, Right Now in London! London Wellbeing Clinic and David R Behan can and will guarantee that you stop smoking in 1 hour! With thousands of clients testament to this fact, Many clients from all walks of life, from the general public, to high profile celebrities and sports stars, come to David for one reason... he gets Results Fast! So if you are addicted to smoking cigarettes, live in London, Central London or South London and wish to Stop Smoking in 1 hour, Guaranteed...

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