Addiction Transfer - Society Duped by Bariatric By-Pass Surgery

Singer Carney Wilson's 1999 mega publicized bariatric by-pass surgery for which she extolled the virtues of the procedure and NBC weatherman, Al Roker's subsequent surgery and weight loss has propelled this highly risky surgery into surgery du jour. Approximately 140,000 bariatric surgeries have been performed in the United States every year for the past six years.

Natural health advocates, including myself, warn that not only is the surgery dangerous during the procedure, it is dangerous long-term and it is unnecessary. Furthermore, bariatric surgery does not solve obesity long-term. Studies reveal five to thirty per cent of people merely transfer their food addiction to another addiction. Most doctors dismiss this issue as a mere coincidence. Others say the major physical changes a weight-loss person undergoes can affect their mental capacities and activate substance abuse problems.

Addiction Recovery-How To Help A Loved One

One of the most difficult situations anyone can face is trying to help a family member with their addiction. We're faced with the reality that the life of someone we love is going right down the toilet unless something is done. Since our addicted loved one doesn't seem to be doing anything, we naturally feel the need to step in and bail them out. As noble as this seems, it's a recipe for disaster with most addicts. In this article, we'll navigate the dangerous waters of addiction to help you save the life of your loved one without drowning yourself.

Nature Of Addiction: The basic nature of addiction is a lie we addicts tell ourselves. Usually, we feel something is missing in us that makes us feel inadequate in some way. The lie we tell ourselves is that a drug or drink or other substance or action will fill that void and make us feel whole, if only temporarily. Unfortunately, the hole in us is ever expanding as we see ourselves more and more dependent on a drug to feel complete, so it takes more of the drug to do what it did before. Unless a dramatic change takes place in the way we addicts see ourselves, we will go from one substance to another to try and fill the vacuum our lives have become.

Addiction to Thinking

Randall sought my help because he was stuck being miserable and had no idea how to get out of his misery. In his life he had experienced moments of great joy and sense of oneness with all of life, but those moments were infrequent. He wanted more of those moments but had no idea how to bring them about.

Randall is an extremely intelligent man, but in some ways he was using his own intelligence against himself. The problem was that when Randall did have those brief moments of true connection, he immediately went into his mind to try to figure out how it happened. The moment he went into his mind, he lost the connection that he so desperately desired.

Addicted, Recovering Or Cured? Addiction Medicine in Rehab

People and the families of drug or alcohol abusers who contact me to enter our drug-free detox and rehab program are spilling their stories of grief to me daily. This caller's information doesn't even make me blink anymore.

He's been to 6 different programs, all 12 Step, 3 medical. They put him on wellbutrin, concerta, celexa, zyprexa. Oh, he's also ADHD and Bi-polar. We just don't know what to do with him anymore.

This mother is calling for help. She was given 'help' by the 3 other centers that put him on the above meds. One has to ask: Is this rehab or 'pill stacking'? Pill stacking is the use of multiple drugs to get intoxicated.

Addiction Rehab Delivering a Healthier Future

North Dakota is the 39th State of the Union and is largely agriculture based with a growth in related food processing industries. It has plenty of coal, natural gas and oil too. As such it could be termed a prosperous state. Addiction has made inroads into the lives of people here and one can see people addicted to drugs and alcohol. This has become a cause of headache for the state agencies and the police department. Alcoholism is a big problem for the state authorities. A number of laws have been enforced by the state officials that are trying to curb the rise of alcoholism and drugs.

Addiction rehab in North Dakota is a productive solution to the drug and alcohol problem. People take drugs because they act as a pain killer for physical and emotional pain, resulting in a temporary escape from the real life. Alcoholism or alcohol dependence can be described as a disease. Various phases of alcoholism ranging from binge drinking to alcohol abuse have harmful effects on the drinkers.

ADD-ADHD - And Peer Pressure

When ever we think of peer pressure, we think of the bad peer pressure. We think of children and young people following the example of stronger personality which are not good for them. We do not think of the good peer pressure, which causes the child to excel and reach for their full potential. most of us do not acknowledge that we are constantly subjected to peer pressure and go along with the peer pressure if we believe it is to our advantage such as a new car, larger house or a perfect lawn.

Peer pressure can be good. It can cause us to be better and more successful. Or it can cause us to take action which are not good for us in order to reach a peer pressure goal (examples are lying, cheating or other unhealthy things). You must be the judge. Bigger is not always better. Responding to peer pressure causes you to try to live up to others expectations.

A Drug Rehab Program Makes Recovery Easier

Recovery from drug addiction can be very challenging and because of this, a drug rehab program provides someone the best chance at recovery. Admission to a drug rehab can and will provide a person the opportunity to break their denial and begin to figure out why they have continued to use drugs and alcohol despite negative consequences. It is almost impossible for someone to overcome their drug addiction or alcohol addiction is they remain in denial of their problem.

A drug rehab program employs a clinical staff whose responsibility it is to teach the person various tools they can use to learn to better manage their emotions. Two of these emotions anger and depression are two of the contributing factors to drug abuse, alcohol abuse and drug addiction. It only stands to reason that when an individual can better mange those feelings, their chances of recovery and avoiding relapse are that much better.