Drug Addiction and Mindfulness Part I – mySoberLife.com
Drug Addiction problems can be very challenging. Dr. Richard Fields discusses the use of Mindfulness for Drug and Alcohol addiction. To learn more about mindfulness as well as issues related to addiction, substance abuse, recovery and sobriety visit www.mysoberlife.com
The People’s Court- “Not Paying Back a Loan” ['He told me he was around 30; he's really 45!']
Addiction and the Brain – drug or alcohol abuse is a disease.
Tim Brunson, PhD, talks about how the brain works regarding addictions (alcohol, drug addiction). Why does your brain respond to repeated behavior? How can you use suggestion and imagination to create an alternate reward instead of alcohol, prescription or illegal drugs? Listen to this video on addictions and find answers!
Powder – Episode 14
The NCB continues to track Naved Ansari’s movements. Both the DRI and the NCB are doing all that they can to nail Raja and then Naved Ansari. In Delhi, with the help of Mr. Siddiqi Brinda is trying to break into a local drug chain. The friction between DRI and NCB is evidently increasing by the day. Naved Ansari’s plans to shift base to Bangkok get an impetus when an associate introduces him to a cocaine dealer. Will Naved Ansari be able to flee the country before he is caught? – Keep watching Powder to find out this and more. The power of terrorism and the power of underworld no longer mean gunshots and hoaxes. Powder is the story of the new scenario in substance abuse – a generation embracing drugs as part of their living and about the men who know how to inject this habit steadily so as to make fortune out of it. Powder an insight of the drug lord, Naved Ansari, and an honest team of Narcotics Control Bureau led by Usmaan Malik who plans to nab Ansari before he can hoodwink the system into letting him go scot free. The web of power, addiction, money, values, corruption, justice, and deceit is what powder will take you through on its journey.
Narcissist’s Addiction Atypical
Everything you Need to Know about Narcissists, Psychopaths, and Abuse – click on this link: www.narcissistic-abuse.com Classical addiction – to drugs, alcohol, gambling, or to other compulsive behaviors – provides the addict with an exoskeleton: boundaries, rituals, timetables, and order in an otherwise chaotically disintegrating universe. Not so for the narcissist. Admittedly, like the addict’s search for gratification, the narcissist’s pursuit of narcissistic supply is frenetic and compulsive and ever-present. Yet, unlike the addict’s, it is not structured, rigid, or ritualistic. On the contrary, it is flexible and inventive. Narcissism, in other words, is an adaptive behavior, albeit one that has outlived its usefulness. Addiction is merely self-destructive and has no adaptive value or reason. Finally, at heart, all addicts are self-destructive, self-defeating, self-loathing, and even suicidal. In other words: addicts are predominantly masochists. Narcissists, in contrast, are sadists and paranoids. They lapse into masochism only when their narcissistic supply runs hopelessly dry. The narcissist’s masochism is aimed at restoring his sense of (moral) superiority (as a self-sacrificial victim) and to prod him into a renewed effort to reassert himself and hunt for new sources of narcissistic supply. Thus, while the addict’s brand of masochism is nihilistic and suicidal – the narcissist’s masochism is about self-preservation. (From thebook “Malignant Self-love: Narcissism …
Dealing with Addiction – Part I
Dealing with Addiction is a look into the complex world of cross-addiction, featuring the presence of problem gambling intermingled with substance abuse, and mental health issues. 30-50% of problem gamblers in treatment or support groups are substance abusers. This 15-minute video features recovering persons and clinicians in the field and is a joint effort of the Florida Council on Compulsive Gambling (FCCG) and the Florida Alcohol and Drug Abuse Association (FADAA). For more information, visit www.gamblinghelp.org or call 888-ADMIT-IT.
High on Fire – Turk
Song from High on Fire’s ‘Death is This Communion’. Enjoy! I cannot grasp this black psychology My cage’s walls are closing in on me The rage that surfaces is not my soul It’s like a devil taking control The violence lives in me ad will not leave Live a magician with pain up his sleeve The sight of God is to unfold Memories untold For every poem’s a rhyme The joke is father time our delves in twisted sexuality Substance abuse and immortality A stark obsession no one else would know Questions unanswered, how far can this go The wall of torment, my blood’s boiling Break this shell to do what’s so obscene
Inhalants
Many parents are surprised to learn how early inhalant abuse starts, and that it is one of the most dangerous forms of substance abuse. Dr. Richard Falzone is a Child & Adolescent psychiatrist specializing in substance abuse.
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Powder – Episode 10
Naved Ansari is well aware that his plans to go to Dubai may never reach fruition and thus, he is looking for a new base to relocate. Brinda and Mahendra’s efforts to break into Naved’s drug ring are in full swing. Shivam is released from Jayl and is back in business. Naved is training his brother with the nuances of his business and has plans of encumbering his brother with his responsibilities soon. Will the NBC be able to nab Naved before it is too late? – Keep watching Powder to find out. The power of terrorism and the power of underworld no longer mean gunshots and hoaxes. Powder is the story of the new scenario in substance abuse – a generation embracing drugs as part of their living and about the men who know how to inject this habit steadily so as to make fortune out of it. Powder an insight of the drug lord, Naved Ansari, and an honest team of Narcotics Control Bureau led by Usmaan Malik who plans to nab Ansari before he can hoodwink the system into letting him go scot free. The web of power, addiction, money, values, corruption, justice, and deceit is what powder will take you through on its journey.