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How to Overcome Eating Disorders Part 3
Thank you for returning for part three on how to defeat your eating disorder. In our previous blogs we have demonstrated the awful fact that anorexia and bulimia can have on an individual. Today we will look at how parents and others can tell if their sons or daughters or other loved ones have a…
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Breaking Free from Heroin Addiction Part 4
Today is our fourth and final day on the subject of heroin use. Today we will continue to talk about the consequences associated with heroin use along with the subject matter of tolerance. A huge problem with heroin is the aspect of tolerance. Tolerance refers to the user’s inability to achieve the desired high with…
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Breaking Free from Heroin Addiction Part 3
Thank you once again for returning for this day’s discussion on heroin and its many consequences. The user of heroin will have a decreased mental function. In a sense, they will feel as if they are in a cloud. Their actions are often diminished. They’re breeding can slow down, and in fact, many even shut…
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Breaking Free from Heroin Addiction Part 2
Thank you for returning to my website. Yesterday we talked about Sandy and her addiction to heroin. Today we will talk more specifically about the drug heroin. As with all other addictive drugs, it is amazing to learn how effective heroin is at masking the real root problem in a person’s life. Heroin actually stimulates…
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Breaking Free from Heroin Addiction Part 1
One of my patients gave me her testimony regarding her life on heroin. Her name was Sandy. Her testimony is quite compelling and I would like to share it with you today before we talk more in detail about the drug heroin. Sandy told me that her high school years were, to an extent, uneventful.…
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Effects of Drinking Alcohol 2
Thank you for returning to find out the devastating effects that alcohol has on the brain and the body. In the case of alcohol, the neurotransmitters involved are gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and glutamine. GABA is an inhibitor while the effects of glutamine are excitatory. Alcohol increases the effects of GABA while at the same time…
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The Effects of Uppers 2 – Ritalin Speed Aderol
What follows is the devastation that uppers do to the brain and body. Thanks for returning. “Uppers” are basically derived from two chemicals. One is called amphetamine and the second one is called methylphenidate. These chemicals stimulate the central nervous system by effecting the release and uptake of dopamine, which is one of the naturally-occurring…
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How do People Get Addicted to Pornography 2
We left off yesterday with the following statement – I think I can say without fear of contradiction that the medical profession has demonstrated certain facts in relationship to pornography. These fall into four categories, and they are absolutely predictable! Let’s look closely at each one. #1 Addiction Pornography is as addictive as alcohol, drugs,…
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How to Overcome Methamphetamine Addiction Part 2
“Ice” is ‘crystalline methamphetamine hydrochloride,’ and can be smoked or injected intravenously, whereas plan methamphetamine powder is snorted or taken orally. The ice form of the drug gives a more intense high, or “rush,” than the powder form of the drug. It is many times more addictive than the powder form. The powder form is…
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How To Overcome Methamphetamine Addiction Part 1
Matt was a young man of 17 that I first meet in my medical clinic in 1996. His mother brought him to me in order to address his drug use. Matt had been smoking, drinking and sniffing glue since junior high. He had then graduated to marijuana and a “little” cocaine in his early high…