Types of Addiction

"When living with a person who has an addiction to alcohol, families often struggle to find ways to help the addict change and get well...."

"While cocaine can cause euphoria, people who suffer from cocaine addiction also suffer from a variety of negative reactions to the drug — mostly in the form of withdrawal symptoms. Many people become cocaine addicts because....."

"One of the major problems that people suffering from addiction of crack have to deal with is the permanent altering of their brain chemistries. The truth is that crack greatly changes...."

"The good news is that it is possible to wean yourself off codeine and to beat your codeine addiction. This involves carefully reducing ...."

"Some of the common signs of darvocet addicted people are an inflated sense of self confidence that the user does not usually experience, strangely altered levels of activity: unexplainable stretches...."

"The withdrawal symptoms of Demerol are irritability, inability to sleep, a rapid heartbeat and breathing rate, anxiety and even symptoms that will make the Demerol addict think he has come down with the flu! The symptoms can be hard to...."

"Throughout the decades, dextroamphetamine was marketed in various other forms and it soon became apparent that people were abusing the medication, which meant there was a high possibility for Dexedrine addiction...."

"A dilaudid addiction can occur in as little as one to two weeks, even patients following the dosage instructions can experience addiction to powerful narcotic medications...."

"Once the drug began to spread to colleges and high schools, the potential for Ecstasy addiction grew exponentially. In the USA, ecstasy has become one of the top four most frequently used drugs along with cocaine, heroin and marijuana...."

"Because GHB is metabolized so quickly within the body, long term GHB addiction can be hard to detect using regular medical tests...."

"The more heroin that is consumed and the longer the duration, the more damage that can be experienced and the harder it can be to overcome the addiction...."

"Many people with an addiction will travel from physician to physician or fake illness or pain, in order to secure prescriptions for the medication to feed their habit...."

"For people, who have chronic pain and do not have adequate pain relief, mood swings are common and mental illness can also mimic an addiction to lortab...."

"Marijuana addiction is more common than many people think, research indicates that as many as 2.5 million people use marijuana annually in the United States...."

"Though tolerance to meth is not completely understood, it is known that a person who even has even one dose of methamphetamine can likely become addicted, particularly when the drug is injected or smoked...."

"While there are several studies that contradict one another, all agree that morphine is a highly addictive substance and long-term morphine addiction can cause tolerance which is similar to heroin addiction...."

"Opiate medication slows the breathing and heart rate, depresses appetite, thirst and sexual desires, and the person will display an increased tolerance to pain...."

"When introduced to the body opium makes a person feel euphoric and as time goes by the need for more opium grows because of tolerance...."

"Oxycontin should never be used with alcohol; it could result in dangerous side effects and can even be fatal. Opiate medications should never be used without a prescription and never shared with others...."

"Percocet is both emotionally and physically addictive; it blocks the pain receptors of the brain and causes a user to feel euphoria, which makes it easy to become addicted...."

"Percodan can be habit forming and should be used only by the person for which it has been prescribed...."

"Ritalin, when used as prescribed and for the purpose it was intended, can be a very effective medication. However, as with any type of amphetamine-based drug, Ritalin also has a high potential for abuse...."

"The drug has a long half-life of approximately 18-26 hours, which means after a nighttime administration the effects last throughout the next day...."

"Because the drug is habit forming, Ultram addiction is possible for people who misuse the medication for reasons other than prescribed...."

"Vicodin addiction affects the mental, physical, emotional and spiritual aspects of the addict's life and the lives of those around them...."

"An inhalant user will experience alcohol-like effects such as slurred speech, balance disturbance, euphoria, dizziness, and lightheadedness...."