Addiction and the Brain – Drug or Alcohol Abuse Is a Disease.

Addiction and the Brain – drug or alcohol abuse is a disease. – Tim Brunson, PhD, talks about how the brain works regarding addictions (alcohol, drug addiction). Why does your brain respond to repeated behavior? How can you use suggestion and imagination to create an alternate reward instead of alcohol, prescription or illegal drugs? Listen to this video on addictions and find answers!

Ask Dr. K: Anthony L. Komaroff: There are degrees of drug abuse

Filed under: drug addiction help substance abuse

are unable to stop using the drug, having repeated, failed attempts to stop or cut down. · spend a lot of time obtaining, thinking about or using the drug. Just in from the right end are those with substance abuse. This is milder than addiction; it …
Read more on Monterey County Herald

Drug users need help and support not jail

Filed under: drug addiction help substance abuse

“Drug addicts actually need support from the community and families. Criminalization of these people will cause severe depression and make them more dependent on drugs,” he said. Therapeutic communities represent a design of treatment which is directed …
Read more on Jakarta Post

From Twitter:

Substance abuse is never hopeless. We can help. @ http://t.co/lXeHBJoi #substance abuse #addiction – by treatmenttalk (Cathy Taughinbaugh)

From Twitter:

Is Alcoholism, Substance Abuse Destroying Your Family? http://t.co/Al2AtOLD – by ChangngLives (Changing Lives )