Addiction is a disease that can affect a person’s behavior and also cause physical problems.  How to identify addictive behaviors and addiction itself is important in living a healthy life.  Please also review AIHCP’s Substance Abuse Counseling Program to learn more about addiction and how it affects individuals.

The article, “Signs of Addiction Denial” by Geralyn Drexter reviews the nature of addiction and the issues that go with it.  She states,

“Addiction is a brain disease characterized by compulsive behaviors that continue despite harmful or negative consequences.1 Usually, people envision drug or alcohol use when they think about addiction. However, addiction can include a variety of behaviors, including substance use, gambling, and sexual fantasies, urges, and actions.  People living with addictions may deny their behavior. This article explores the signs of addiction denial and when to seek help.”

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Please again also review AIHCP’s Substance Abuse Counseling Certification and see if it meets your academic and professional goals.  The program is online and independent study and open to qualified professionals seeking a four year certification

Addiction afflicts millions of Americans.  Addiction can be substance or habit but it ultimately leads to a behavior that no longer leaves the person in control but in need of in order to properly function.   Addiction affects any age and any gender without bias.  Women however are affected by addiction in different ways.  It is important to understand gender differences in addiction in Substance Abuse Counseling.

The article, “Why Women Experience Addiction Differently” by Devon Frye looks at how addiction affects women differently and why.  She states,

“Research and anecdotal evidence have identified at least three paths to addiction that may be more prevalent among women than men. The first and most troubling involves past or ongoing trauma.  In the treatment center where I work, we find that around 75 percent of our women patients have had at least one traumatic event in the past that may be contributing to their addiction. Among men, both at our center and nationally, the incidence of trauma is also high, but it looks to be more like 50 percent.”

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Please also review AIHCP’s Substance Abuse Counseling Program and see if it meets your academic and professional goals.  The program is online and independent study and open to qualified professionals seeking a four year certification in Substance Abuse Counseling.

With peer pressure and fast developing minds, kids and teens can make poor choices.  Even the best raised teen with faith and family can give in to the temptation from time to time.  How parents teach their children about drugs and addiction varies but it is nevertheless an important conversation.

The article, “How to talk about alcohol and drugs with kids of all ages” by Elissa Strauss looks at how parents can help their children be better prepared to deal with drugs and alcohol.  The article states,

“The adolescent brain is in this process of developing and becoming, and it is not finished cooking until young people are in their early or mid-20s. Adolescents aren’t wired for addiction, but they are wired to take risks. Their baseline levels of dopamine (a type of neurotransmitter associated with pleasure) are lower than they are for children or for grown-ups. Drugs and alcohol became a route to novelty and risk — to feel something.”

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Risk and dangerous choices can manifest into drugs, which later lead to addiction.

Please also review AIHCP’s Substance Abuse Counseling Certification and see if it meets your academic and professional goals.  The program is online and independent study and open to qualified professionals seeking a four year certification in Substance Abuse Counseling.