Addictions

Let's Examine Some of the Myths about Substance Use
End Your Addiction Now
by Charles Gant, M.D. and Greg Lewis, Ph.D.
The primary reason my patients have been able to achieve such dramatic results using the Power Recovery Program is that I've developed a plan that avoids what I call the four myths about compulsive substance use. Let me dispel these myths right now.

A Revolution in the Treatment of Substance Use Problems
End Your Addiction Now
by Charles Gant, M.D. and Greg Lewis, Ph.D.
Do you fit the following profile? Esther W. was embarrassed the first time she came into my office. "I just can't seem to quit smoking," she said. "I know there are so many people out there with worse problems than I have I'm almost ashamed

Unrealistic Expectations
Conquer Your Food Addiction : The Ehrlich 8-Step Program for Permanent Weight Loss
by Caryl Ehrlich
Weight gain is an evolutionary process. Some people call it creeping weight. The scale turtles inexorably upward - a tight skirt, a belt notch, a can't-zip-up-my-pants inch at a time. Yet you expect the scale to go down as rapidly as a high-speed

The Ritual of Food Addiction
Conquer Your Food Addiction : The Ehrlich 8-Step Program for Permanent Weight Loss
by Caryl Ehrlich
If you've been trying to figure out the weight-loss game for as long as I've been coaching people - twenty five years - you've most likely been trying to avoid food, even though that point of view has not worked.

Four Stages of Breaking an Addiction
Conquer Your Food Addiction : The Ehrlich 8-Step Program for Permanent Weight Loss
by Caryl Ehrlich
Nowhere do the Four Stages of Addiction come into play more powerfully than they do when you resist changing a habit relating to the foods with which you self-medicate. For most of us those foods are the instant, and easily available - Bread, Beverage

Computer and Cyberspace Addiction
by John Suler, Ph.D.
A heated debate is rising among psychologists. With the explosion of excitement about the internet, some people seem to be a bit too excited. Some people spend way too much time there. Is this yet ANOTHER type of addiction that has invaded the human

The Uses of Smoking: An Integrated Awareness Perspective
by Mark Fourman, LLP
How come nicotine replacement therapy (nicotine patch and gum) only has a 7% success rate for quitting smoking?1 Why do people on nicotine replacement therapy still crave cigarettes? Clearly there are reasons for smoking that go far beyond simple chemical

Subtle Addictions
by Margaret Paul, Ph.D.
Many people are not aware of the more subtle addictions, the addictions that are often so covert and pervasive that they are as invisible to us as the air we breathe. Yet these addictions may be impacting us negatively as much as the more overt addictions