Beating Addictions: How to Treat and Overcome an Addiction

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Addiction to Shopping

Shopping addiction is a real compulsion that uses spending to escape stress and emotional pain, causing financial and relationship damage.

Addictions Through History

Humans have struggled with addiction for thousands of years, from alcohol in ancient times to opium and coca leaves across different civilisations.

Dealing With An Addiction To Self-Harm

If you or someone you know self-harms, here's what you need to know about why it happens and how to get help.

Beating an Addiction to Drugs

Breaking free from drug addiction takes hard work, willpower and the right support system to succeed.

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Memory Training to Treat Addiction

Memory training helps people with addiction by reducing their preference for immediate rewards over long-term benefits.

Step-By-Step Brain Path to Addiction

How addiction changes your brain's reward system and why it's a biological illness, not a lack of willpower.

Youngest Victims Of Addiction

Kids struggle with addiction through prescription medications and living with addicted parents, often overlooked as victims themselves.

Overcome an Addiction to Plastic Surgery

When plastic surgery becomes an obsession, it can damage self-esteem and mental health, here's how to recognise and break the cycle.

Uncommon Drug Addictions and How to Stop

Learn which lesser-known drugs people get addicted to and what you can do to stop using them.

Rebuilding Your Life After Addiction

Getting your life back on track after addiction means rebuilding trust with loved ones and stabilising the parts of your life that matter most.

What is Work Addiction?

Work addiction can kill you just like any other addiction, and it's often hidden because our culture celebrates overwork.

Addiction Treatment Centers: What to Expect

In-patient addiction treatment works best for people who can't function daily, have failed other options, or pose a risk to themselves or others.

Addiction and Teen Aggression

Research shows teenagers addicted to the internet are more likely to display aggressive behaviour like hitting or threatening others.

Addiction and Genes

Addiction involves both genetic vulnerability and personal choice, with treatment working best when it addresses biology alongside personal responsibility.

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