Opiates and Why So Many Are Becoming Addicted to Them Opiates are found naturally in the opium poppy plant. They contain the psychoactive compounds found in drugs like morphine and codeine. The term opiate is different from the much broader term opioid, which includes all drugs with morphine-like effects, including opiates. Opiates are listed as drugs of high abuse potential …
Prevent Recovery Relapse by Being a Sponsor
Prevent Recovery Relapse by Being a Sponsor Anyone who has had to recover from an addiction knows the intense amount of effort it takes to get clean. Even then, recovery from an addiction is a life-long process, and the struggle to stay clean can be a daily struggle. There are many follow-up programs that people can participate in to maintain …
Hyper-sexuality and Shame
Hyper-sexuality and Shame What does it mean to be hypersexual? Being hypersexual involves any or all of the following: Having recurrent and intense sexual fantasies, urges, and sexual behavior. These activities often consume an excessive amount of an individual’s time, both in planning for and engaging in them. Repetitively engaging in such sexual fantasies, urges and behavior, particularly in response …
Self-Love Can Steer You Away from Addiction
Self-Love Can Steer You Away from Addiction Self-love is key to achieving a healthy level of self-esteem. It is a state in which people find themselves when they are able to do just that — they can love themselves. When someone is suffering from addiction, most likely they are also suffering from a lack of self-love. Many people struggle with …
What Would Jesus Do to Help Save Someone from Addiction?
What Would Jesus Do to Help Save Someone from Addiction? Addiction is a big problem in the world today. Many people are addicted to many different things, or more than one thing — drugs, alcohol, gambling, food, sex, even the Internet. Many people think that those who suffer from any type of addiction are trying to fill an emotional hole …
Addiction and Low Self Esteem: How Substances Hinder Self-Love
Addiction and Low Self Esteem: How Substances Hinder Self-Love Self-love begins with self-acceptance. In order to achieve self-love, you must be willing to accept the parts of yourself that you feel are not acceptable. You need to love your whole self, warts and all, in order to achieve self-love. Once you accept the parts of you that you may not like, …
