Should Food Addiction and Obesity be Treated the Same Way?
If you’re obese should you be entering a treatment program to lose weight and deal with what some might consider a food addiction? Obesity in the western world has become one of, if not the biggest...
View ArticleSugar Addiction And How To Fight Back Against Our Favorite Sugary Snacks
New addictions, that really aren’t that new, continue to surprise us in the news on a frequent basis. Yes alcohol, tobacco and drugs are the ones we know the most about but there are a few others that...
View ArticleThe Role of Parents in The Course of Their Child’s Addiction, Treatment and...
The stigma that surrounds the issue of addiction these days causes many problems within the family unit, specifically parents who are dealing with kids who are addicted to drugs, alcohol or both. Some...
View ArticleThis Is No Fairy Tale Princess. She Can Help Those Fighting Addiction
As Canadians many of us still look upon the royal family with admiration and interest. While they no longer have any real power over our lives, we still have somewhat of a fascination with them. The...
View ArticleOpiates and Heroine Are Flooding Into The Beloved Pine Tree State
I’ve been hearing some disturbing reports out of a particular US state that I have fond memories of. For those of you reading this that live in the North Eastern USA, or the South Eastern areas of...
View ArticleYou Love an Addict, But Addiction is No Push Over
The complexities of both the physical and mental aspects to addiction continue to baffle those of us who aren’t educated on the issue. I’ve been blogging about addiction for over two years now, and...
View ArticleAddiction Doesn’t Always Fit That Mold
This post is personal. I won’t be providing extensive factual backup to why I hold the opinions that I do. This post is about two things: My very limited experience with drugs, and a close family...
View ArticleSingle Mothers Addicted to Drugs and Alcohol Fight For Their Children and...
The burden of being a single mother is not something I will ever know, and when I use the term burden, I am not making a child out to be an encumbrance. A child is innocent, and the source of immense...
View ArticleSafe Injection Sites Canada Wide: A Solution to Tragic Overdoses, But More...
Safe injection sites are, to say the least, politically controversial. We have one in Vancouver, but the previous government made efforts to shut it down, and when the Supreme Court prevented this,...
View ArticleBeer King and Burger Beer Coming To The U.K.
A Burger King restaurant in the U.K. can now server beer with a meal, which has local government officials and police worried about the possible ramifications, and rightly so. However, before we get...
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