Archive for August, 2009
How to Quit Alcohol and Drug Addiction
Have you ever wondered why we have a lot of individuals checking out ways to quit alcohol and drug addiction without having success? I have found a lot of of them in forums. They tell you of their desire to quit. They know of the devastating effect their addiction is bringing on them and their [...]
Have you ever wondered why we have a lot of individuals checking out ways to quit alcohol and drug addiction without having success? I have found a lot of of them in forums. They tell you of their desire to quit. They know of the devastating effect their addiction is bringing on them and their loved ones. Many of them have even lost high paying jobs and are now broke. But despite the answers of a lot of individuals in such forums and articles online, there are still lots of individuals who are unable to win the fight. The problem with such individuals is that they fail to take the necessary steps required. These individuals simply read books, magazines, articles and answers on a lot of forums but they are not taking the steps needed. I want you to know that you can never overcome your addiction problem if you don’t take action.
If you are short of cash and can’t afford to check into an alcohol and drug addiction treatment center, there are some steps you can take to quit. One of the numerous steps you can take is to separate yourself from individuals that usually make you to take to drinks and substances. If you are really serious about throwing in the towel, you will dump all your alcohol and drug dependent friends. No matter what you used to overcome the problem, as long as these friends are still around, you will have problem throwing in the towel. So, separate from them. Furthermore, there is need for you to avoid all forms of gatherings that will make you fall. Politely turn down any request to attend late night parties where the temptation is often strong and hard to resist.
After avoiding individuals and gatherings that promote alcohol and drug addiction, it is really essential for you to replace them with individuals and gatherings that will sustain your new life. This is very essential because if you don’t replace them with these new individuals and gatherings, your desire for a new life will be short-lived. Get involved in community projects or religious activities. These will consume your attention and time and you will not have time for drinks and substances again.
How to Break Your Online Gaming Addiction – 3 Effective Steps
We’ve all been there, i promise you. That new game that you’ve been waiting for has finally been released. You’ve reserved your copy and picked it up straight after work, only to be playing it into the early hours of the morning and finally heading to bed when you realize you have work in 3 [...]
We’ve all been there, i promise you. That new game that you’ve been waiting for has finally been released. You’ve reserved your copy and picked it up straight after work, only to be playing it into the early hours of the morning and finally heading to bed when you realize you have work in 3 hours time.
This sort of behavior can be normal when you first buy a game, and may continue for a few days to a few weeks after. However it can reach a point where it is no longer enjoyable in the way that it should be. You think about it all day at work or school and find that you are sacrificing all your spare time to play this online game. Your relationships with friends and family start to weaken as you spend less and less time with them, and you don’t even realize and in some cases, don’t even care.
Excessive online gaming can easily lead to an addiction. It can have the same psychological effects as a drug, and has all the tell tale signs of an addiction such as withdrawal symptoms emotional attachment. The thing that separates online gaming from conventional gaming is that online gaming ultimately has no ending point. A conventional game can be completed by finishing levels and challenges, online games however are very repetitive, and usually have no official end point, leading the gamer to spend much time playing but making no progress and thus they continue to play.
3 simple steps towards breaking an online gaming addiction.
1) Take it one day at a time. Realize that the first few days will be the hardest, you will constantly be thinking about your game, wanting to go on it for just a little while, resist the urge! After a few days I assure it gets easier, your mind becomes clear and it becomes a distant thought, rather than a dominating presence.
2) Write yourself a contract. Seriously, get a piece of paper and write an agreement to yourself that you will not play your game for a whole week, sign it and date it and you now have an agreement with yourself. For many of us it would be too hard to go against our own word, and for those who do there is a crippling sense of failure that should motivate you to never do it again.
3) Delete the game off your hard drive, get a friend to hide the CD’s for you and you will have no means to play your game, regardless of how much you want to. Within a few days the urge to play will subside and most people will be a lot more relaxed about it.
