An addiction is both a physical and mental illness. Once someone is an alcoholic or drug addict they are physically dependent on the substance and the craving for the substance is strong they physically cannot give up without help. Medical intervention can help with detoxification and initially stopping using the drug or alcohol, but these […]
Lear moreThe success rates of addictions treatment depends many factors, but the old myth that the addict or alcoholic has to enter rehab highly motivated for it to work has been proven to be untrue. Most people addicted to alcohol or other drugs enter rehab with little desire to get treated and live without their addiction, and this […]
Lear more01/02/2010 Denial is a feature of any addictive illness, is much misunderstood and yet a commonly used term. Denial is essentially an unconscious defence mechanism that protects us from a reality that’s too painful to acknowledge. If an addicted person fully conceded to their loved ones the extent of the problem they’d be expected to […]
Lear more30/01/2010 A behavioural syndrome characterised by the repeated, compulsive seeking and using of a substance, including alcohol, gambling, sexual and eating-disorders, despite adverse social, psychological, and/or physical consequences. This is referred to as Loss of Control and is one of the defining characteristics of addiction. Loss of control combined with tolerance – a need for […]
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