How Meditation Benefits The Brain

How Meditation Benefits The Brain
Medical News Today
The brains of experienced meditators appear to show less activity in an area known as the "default mode network", which is linked to largely self-centred thinking. The researchers suggest through monitoring and suppressing or "tuning out" the "me" ...

Leveson inquiry: Mary Ellen Field forced to go to rehab
Daily Mail
Giving evidence to the Leveson Inquiry, Mary Ellen Field described how the supermodel confronted her and accused her of being an alcoholic who was unintentionally passing private details to journalists. She was told she had to go to therapy centre The ...

Managing Addiction During the Holiday Season
MarketWatch (press release)
Imagine the challenges faced by an overeater that is tempted by the abundance of holiday treats, the alcoholic that is offered drink after drink at the many social events, and the drug addict who might slip back into old habits to manage their personal ...
When Weighing Painkillers, Americans Worry: 'Will I Become An Addict?'
NPR (blog)
by Scott Hensley When thinking about taking narcotic pain pills, people are mindful of their side effects, including addiction. Narcotic painkillers are among the most commonly prescribed drugs in the US, with more than 244 million prescriptions ...
Heroin addiction drug proposed for problem gamblers
ABC Online
So a drug addict or a drinker will drive across the whole city to get a drink or a hit; a pokies addict won't drive across a whole city to get a hit. So there are differences, but every tool in the tool box needs to be considered. ...
Alcoholic jailed after pouring boiling water on lodger
Cotswold Journal
Defending, Peter Freeman, said that alcoholism had taken over Offer's life in the last 15 years. “They got up and began drinking, drank all day, and went to bed at night. The house is described as disgusting. These two men were living in a pig sty. ...
Scientists Find a Brain Wave for Alcoholism
Forbes
Geneticists working at Texas Biomedical Research Institute have identified an 'echo' of a gene in the brain that disposes people to alcoholism. According to the Institute's own research newsletter, geneticists Laura Almasy and Mark Zlojutro and a ...
Can you overcome alcoholism?
BCLocalNews
A man might drink excessively to medicate his grief over a marriage failure, but never progress to becoming an alcoholic. His friends and family might see him as an alcoholic for a while, but then two or three years later he's back to his old ...
Feeding Hundreds Through One Woman's 'Addiction'
WLTX.com
However, there is a woman in West Columbia whose addiction is actually helping people...a lot of people. You never know when a moment will change your life's path. Joyce Hansell will tell you that her moment came in front of her TV. ...
Drug addiction may have been behind bank fraud
Cincinnati.com
FALMOUTH - Some of the $2.2 million Donna J. Wood stole from the defunct United Kentucky Bank of Pendleton County while she served as its president went to support her sons' drug additions, according to state indictments. Richard "Tom" Wood, 32, ...
Heroin addict died in his house
The Bolton News
He praised Mr Morrison for previously overcoming his heroin addiction and for later coming off methadone. He said: “But clearly, he had been a drinker and drank large quantities of alcohol.” In a narrative verdict, Mr Walsh said: “I am unable to say ...
Britain's youngster rioter, 12, who was spared jail 'caught stealing fruit ...
Daily Mail
His father is a heroin addict and continuing to use heroin. 'His father gets violent towards him. For him, the best way to help his father is to get him some money to get a fix. 'He idolises his father for all the wrong reasons. ...
USC Educator and Addiction Medicine Pioneer Dr. Akikur Mohammad Launches ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Dr. Mohammad said, "While there is absolutely no doubt that when dealing with a medical disease, proper and careful intervention by a qualified individual is the key to healing; well, that sentiment holds particularly true for the disease of addiction. ...
California Residential Addiction Treatment Center Offers New Family Program ...
DigitalJournal.com (press release)
Celebrate A New Life, a Christian drug rehab program, is one integrated component offered at Hope by the Sea, a Southern California residential addiction treatment center. This past October Hope by the Sea introduced their new Family Program and ...
Celebrity Rehab Revisited Continues To Present Addiction As A Fantasy
Crushable
What we don't see is the stuff in between the highs and the lows – all the un-camera-worthy moments that make up an addict's (a person's) life. We don't see the drive home from an AA meeting, an afternoon on the couch with the remote, ...
Addict fined over naked oil incident
Daily Advertiser
He was sentenced in Wagga - after pleading guilty to the charges - because it is where he is currently undergoing rehabilitation in an attempt to beat his addiction to crystal methamphetamine, commonly known as ice. Wazir shot to fame in October last ...
New Sunderland centre gives help with beating drink and drug addiction
Sunderland Echo
Recovering alcoholic Bill Lindsay, who will be helping people with their addictionproblems, said: “Being an alcoholic is not a nice place to be. “My addiction has taken me to places that I don't want to go again. “But now I've got my self-esteem back...
How to cope with a Xanax addiction
WKYC-TV
"I'd rather take 100 people off heroin than one person of Xanax because I know they'll have a year of withdrawal," says addiction specialist Dr. Jerry Calloway. He considers Xanax on of the most dangerous drugs he deals with. ...
Anthony Bourdain's Addiction Report Card | Psychology Today
By Stanton Peele
Bourdain also portrays himself as having been truly obnoxious, someone who could be overbearing, insulting, completely self-absorbed—someone the current popular narrative would label a typical addict. But I wouldn't call him that. I would ...
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Drug Rehab Center – Get Treated for Drug Addiction « Drug ...
By admin
There are many people who get addicted to some sort of addiction every year and find themselves in lots of trouble. It has been seen that drug addicts feel shy to admit their truth about addiction which affects their lives negatively. ...
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my husbands addiction is killing me
By Erin Mc 20
Hello my name is Erin me and my husband started off as sex friends I was on pills and drank all the time and he took pills also.
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How About Including Gross Graphic Images on Alcoholic Beverages?
By Amerisrael
How about forcing the manufacturers of alcoholic beverages to include graphic images of victims of alcohol-related fatal auto accidents on every purchase of a six-pack of beer, bottle of wine, or liquor? Or horrible graphic images of ...
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Frosty Hope - SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug Addiction Help and ...
By Cedarfrost
I've struggled for years with an alcohol addiction. In the past ... At first I tried to "control" myaddiction. I woke ... However, over time the addiction controlled me. I'm now ... You'll lie to people to try to make yourself feel like you're not an alcoholic. ...
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