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Solvents, Inhalants and Volatile Substances
Solvents, Inhalants and Volatile Substances Characteristics and Effects
Since ancient times people have inhaled the vapours of perfumes, ointment and burning spices as part of their religious ceremonies. Solvent misuse, as we know it, emerged during the 1950s in the USA and has since spread to most parts of the world.
Three main types of inhalant are [...]
Gangsters Anonymous
“Through gang life, we tried to avoid reality, pain and misery…. We sought relief through retaliation, extortion, and robbery more and more often….
“We reached a point in our lives where we felt like a lost cause…. We were sick and tired of pain and trouble; we were frightened and hid our fear…. When nothing relieved [...]
Spirituality a Smoking Cessation Aid
Most smokers say they would welcome ways to integrate their personal spiritual beliefs into their attempts to quit smoking cigarettes, and research suggests that a spiritual component could improve the odds of quitting.
Oregon Health & Sciences University researchers found that 78 percent of current smokers believed that incorporating spirituality into their quit attempt could [...]
Women like Skills and Abilities in Men not Dominance
Women Prefer Prestige Over Dominance in Mates
A new study in the journal Personal Relationships reveals that women prefer mates who are recognized by their peers for their skills, abilities, and achievements, while not preferring men who use coercive tactics to subordinate their rivals. Indeed, women found dominance strategies of the latter type to be [...]
On-line Gaming Withdrawal Symptoms
Withdrawal symptoms - these things can/may happen when a person quits gaming.
Anger (if forced to leave by parents or someone else)
Feeling of emptiness
Depressed
Relief
Sleep pattern interrupted
Have fantasies and dream about the game
Urge to go back to gaming and try to control the time played
Think about the game for extended periods of time
Feelings become uncontrolled
Rampant mood [...]
On-Line Gamers Anonymous
We are On-Line Gamers Anonymous, a twelve-step, self-help organization and web site dedicated to helping those addicted to computer/video/console/on-line games. We also welcome the gamer’s friends and family, by offering our support and sympathy. Regardless of involvement or severity of addiction, these web pages and message board forums are always open to those in need.
We [...]
Characteristics of True Adulthood
A mature person is a someone who . . .
Accepts criticism gratefully. Being honestly glad for an opportunity to improve
Does not indulge in self-pity. Has begun to feel the laws of compensation operating in all life.
Does not expect special consideration from anyone.
Controls temper.
Meets emergencies with poise.
feelings are not easily hurt.
Accepts the responsibility of own [...]
Making a 12th Step Call
HOW TO MAKE A 12th STEP CALL
… the A.A. way, as we understand it, with excerpts from “the basic text of our society”, the book “Alcoholics Anonymous” Chapter 7, entitled “Working With Others.”
12th Step - Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, [...]
Self-help for Professionals
Tips for the Helping Professional
Many people use self-help / mutual-help for recovery from alcoholism, addiction, codependency, and other associated maladies.
Healthcare workers can help these people by getting to know how they work and operate.
1. Educate yourself through the experience of self-help
Many self-help/mutual aid groups are happy to have visitors who want to find out what [...]
Children of alcoholics in Spain
Children of alcoholics in Spain: from risk to pathology : Results from the ALFIL program.
RESEARCH OBJECTIVE: To identify the possible risk factors and negative outcomes associated with parental alcoholism.
A secondary aim was to determine the influence of the family density of alcoholism on children of alcoholics’ (COAs) psychological functioning.
METHOD: A multisite epidemiological study was conducted [...]
