Drug Addiction Information: Featured Articles
- Understanding Addiction Transfer and Cross Addiction
People who struggle with compulsive behaviors, such as compulsive overeating, alcoholism, smoking, compulsive gambling or shopping, promiscuity, workaholism, Internet or video game addiction and drug addiction, often find that they overcome one addiction only to develop another months or even years later. more...
- Dangers of Heroin Abuse Extend Far Beyond Damage to Individual Users
Heroin contributes to myriad social ills, including an epidemic of death and disease, the funding of terrorists and other criminals, and the continued destabilization of one of the worlds most volatile regions. more...
- Research Supports Effectiveness of 12-Step Based Addiction Treatment
Studies show that those who combine traditional addiction treatment and 12-Step groups are more likely to achieve long-term recovery than those who use either approach alone. more...
- How to Stage An Intervention
An intervention takes place when a group of people confront an alcoholic about his drinking, and insist that he enters treatment immediately after their meeting. Though the process can be stressful, an intervention is, at its core, an expression of compassion. For example, Oprah Winfrey once described an intervention she had participated in as one of the most loving events she had ever experienced. more...
