Losing Weight, Rock Bottom, Addictions, and Resolutions
(Post share from the IRATAD Blog) To better care four ourselves we need to pay attention to our physical, mental, social, and spiritual health and strive for a healthy balance amongst each of these dimensions. Caring for our physical health involves more than just exercising. We need to get adequate amounts of sleep, eat a […]
Sexual Addiction and Women
Is there really a difference between a man and a woman who suffers from sexual addiction? Interestingly enough, the answer is yes. Actually, there is a whole collection of misunderstandings and myths that surround women and having an addiction to sex. Since there has not been one set standard to measure addiction between men and […]
Am I Addicted?
(Post share from the IRATAD Blog) At some point a person will come up against the question of “Am I out of control or could I control my behavior if I really desired to?” Many have come across this question and paused because there is no clear answer. It may be that they have been […]
Is Sexual Addiction a Real Problem?
The causes of sexual addictions are complex. Many questions arise as to why some people have an inability to control their addictions while others are unaffected. Research provides unlimited sources of understanding as to what causes an addiction and how it can be facilitated. To further shed some light on the subject, it might be […]
Tiny Habits Better Than Focusing on Big Changes
BJ Fogg, an instructor at Stanford, shares the idea that you can change by focusing on making super tiny changes instead of big ones, and then celebrating. [av_video src=’https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdKUJxjn-R8′ format=’16-9′ width=’16’ height=’9′ av_uid=’av-al7ko’] Please share your thoughts about tiny habits in the reply area below.
Ashley Madison: A Symptom of Porn and Sex Addiction?
The now infamous Ashley Madison website was a trap for men. If you haven’t heard of the website, it allowed people to arrange extra-marital affairs. Most of the users were male. Of the female users, many were fake. And then some hackers stole the information of people who had signed up, and posted their data […]
How Do I Know If I Have an Addiction to Pornography or Other Sexual Behaviors?
For most of us it’s difficult to admit we have an addiction. Our natural tendency is to push off the obvious signs and evidence that occur with compulsive behaviors. Often times, someone that develops an addiction to pornography or other sexual behaviors suffer with the unfortunate loss of loved ones, falls into financial woes, and […]
Neurons and Addiction
(Post share from the IRATAD Blog) The more I learn about the brain, the more I am in awe of how it explains human behavior and thought processes. Research on the brain helps us understand better why a person with an addiction can’t just quit, and why it seems sometimes that we are hardwired to […]
What You Know About Addiction Might Be Wrong
In this TED talk, Journalist Johann Hari questions the real cause of addiction. Having a family history of addiction, he realized that he lacked answers to questions like: “What really causes addiction? Why do we carry on with this approach that doesn’t seem to be working? Is there a better way out there that […]
What is addiction?
(Post share from the IRATAD Blog) Here at the Institute for Research and Treatment of Addictive Disorders we take a keen interest in the topic of addiction. We witness on a daily basis the devastating impacts of addictive behavior in individual lives and in families, we observe the extraordinary struggle of the journey toward recovery, […]