What Sugar Does To Your Brain
There’s no denying that what we put into our bodies affects both our physical and mental health. It’s what we’ve been taught since we were…
Tag: addiction
6 Habits To Give Up if You Want To Be Happy and Live Long
“Live long, and prosper”, the famous salute from Star Trek that has been a rather… profound meaning. Living a long and healthy life can be…
6 Signs of Addictive Relationships and How To Break Free
Some relationships and the start of new relationships can indeed be full of passion and the feeling of always wanting to be together. It is…
How To Spot and Deal With Toxic People
Have you ever dealt with a toxic person? If you have, you may agree that toxic people can be self-centered, mean, drama addicts, and narcissistic.…
13 Habits That Can Destroy A Relationship
Anyone that has been or is in a relationship has had to deal with their partner’s habits. Although not all habits are bad or annoying,…
5 Tips for Remaining Sober Through College
Granted, college is not a time usually connected with sobriety, but that is exactly the problem: you may feel that you will be unable to…
7 Circumstances that Can Turn Good People Bad
Good people are lucky. Many of them don’t know that they are one unfortunate event away from becoming bad. Those who do know can fortify…
The Long-Term Effects of Drinking Alcohol
It’s no secret that alcohol doesn’t exactly have all the nutrients of a morning kale smoothie. The effects of drinking can be felt as harshly…
U-Hauling: Why Lesbians Face Higher Risk For Love Addiction
What is U-Hauling? You may or may not have heard the common lesbian stereotype of the “urge to merge”, otherwise known as “U-hauling”. Not to…
The 4 Mental Effects Of Swipe-Dating Apps
A World of Swiping It was in autumn of 2012 that our smartphone-addicted society was changed forever by the rise of the most infamous dating…
The 5 Types of Children from Toxic Families
Sharon Wegscheider-Cruse, a family therapist and former founding chairperson of the National Association for Children of Alcoholics, discovered that children who come from dysfunctional families…
8 Common Characteristics of a Dysfunctional Family
Families are generally known to be the people you can lean on during tough times and have open disagreements without feeling attacked or judged. At…
7 Drugs and Their Psychological Effects
While drugs don’t all have the exact same effects, they do work in a similar way: by ‘playing’ with and manipulating your neurons and neurotransmitters.…
Philosophy Meets Addiction: More From Peg O’Connor
Peg O’Connor is a professor of Philosophy, who has been teaching for 22 years, with training in moral and feminist philosophy. Her earlier work studied the…
Meet Dr. Joseph Nowinski, Psychologist and Author
I’d like to introduce you to Dr. Joseph Nowinski, PhD, a nationally recognized Psychologist and former professor. He is the Supervising Psychologist at the University of…
What to Expect When You Quit Drinking Alcohol
Have you been thinking about ending your relationship with alcohol? Have you ever considered that maybe you drink too much, or need to “take a break?”…
Mental Health Illness: 10 Ways To Talk Mental Health
It is unavoidable that most individuals think of people with mental illness as violent and dangerous. With the way the news outlets and mainstream media…
Mental Illness Recovery Series: Story # 85
Anonymous is from Houston, TX and loves music, he said, “I listen to it almost all day, everyday. All types of music from rap to…