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By Aydan Corkern

 Do you know why it is good to get all the sleep you need? Well, it can do some things to your body like make you stressed out, tired, and cranky. You can have bad mood swings, and it affects you psychologically and emotionally. It can make you fall asleep at the wheel and make you have an accident. It can give you headaches or sometimes migraines, which are very bad and painful. Your eating habits will be messed up, and you will not eat as much as you should to keep your body strong and healthy. When you do not get the recommended seven to eight hours of sleep every night, then you can have high blood pressure. It can cause you to get diabetes, and you can have impaired glucose tolerance.


It can make you weak and you can fall down. For people that are older, they have to get a lot of sleep or this can happen to them and they can get hurt. You can get a lot of medical problems, and it can even make you drink a lot

Learn About Relationship Addiction


By Jonas Smith

 One major addiction facing many people because of the nature of its definition is relationship addiction or co-dependency. It is a learned dependent behavioural condition, generally with the existence of emotional, physical and / or sexual abuse, that affects people with or related (not necessarily "blood related" but environmentally or socially) to those having alcohol or drug, gambling, sex, food, work or other dependencies, or the mentally ill. This unhealthy condition is learned from the abusers' relationships and affects a person's ability to have a healthy relationship.


Co-dependent is associated with "dysfunctional family" members or those feeling anger, shame, fear or pain mainly because of the addiction that is "unspoken" or discussed. The person or persons addicted are in denial and don't admit their dependencies or problems surrounding them. And those in relationships with them adapt this type behaviour as well, keeping the "status quo" at an even keel to avoid confrontational issues and rock the boat.

Co-dependent people repress their emotions and ignore their own needs while being compulsive caretakers for the addicts. And as a result they become "survivors."

How To Identify Your Drug Problem


By Jonas Smith

 When you use drugs, they can quickly become a problem. Addiction can happen before you know it. You need to really take a look at your drug use and be honest with yourself when evaluating whether or not that drug use has become a problem. Start by asking yourself one simple question: "Do you sometimes think you have a drug problem?" If the answer is yes, you probably do have an issue with addiction. Why?


Most of the time, drug abusers deny they have a problem, or they hide from it by making excuses. It's a natural reaction to defend yourself and your behaviors. But your defenses break down once in a while. So if you sometimes think you have a problem, you almost certainly do. Think about how you feel the morning after heavy using. Your body aches, your head is cloudy, you feel guilty for over-using and promise yourself you'll stop. You decide that you won't be using drugs that day. You feel beaten and broken and want to do something about it. Your defenses are down and you are

How does your financial stress affect your physical health?


By Dr. Jennifer Baxt, DMFT, NCC, DCC

 Financial stress affects most people in one way or another. Some people become stressed to the point where they will self-medicate with either alcohol or some other drug, others will work to find some help and others will eat. Depression is also a common result from this kind of stress, especially in people who are at a complete loss as to what they can possibly do to deal with their financial troubles. How they choose to self-medicate or deal with their situation will often depend on the individual.


With the economy going the way it is these days, financial strife is affecting more people, and those who were suffering enough before will most likely be in worse trouble now. This means that there will be more people looking for ways to alleviate the immense stress they are feeling when finding themselves unable to pay bills, pay for enough proper food to feed their family and finding it increasingly difficult to make rent each month. As if making ends meet werent bad enough already, it seems like just about everything from

Central Nervous Depressants


By Jonas Smith

 CNS depressants slow normal brain function. In higher doses, some CNS depressants can become general anesthetics. Tranquilizers and sedatives are examples of CNS depressants.


CNS depressants can be divided into two groups, based on their chemistry and pharmacology. Barbiturates, such as mephobarbital (Mebaral) and pentobarbitalsodium (Nembutal), which are used to treat anxiety, tension, and sleep disorders. Benzodiazepines, such as diazepam (Valium), chlordiazepoxide HCl (Librium), and alprazolam (Xanax), which can be prescribed to treat anxiety, acute stress reactions, and panic attacks.

Benzodiazepines that have a more sedating effect, such as estazolam (ProSom), can be prescribed for short-term treatment of sleep disorders.

There are many CNS depressants, and most act on the brain similarly-they affect the neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA). Neurotransmitters are brain chemicals that facilitate communication between brain cells. GABA works by decreasing brain activity. Although different classes of CNS depressants work in unique ways, ultimately it is their ability to increase GABA activity that produces a drowsy or calming effect. Despite these beneficial effects for people suffering from anxiety or sleep disorders, barbiturates and benzodiazepines can be addictive and