Anger, Substance Abuse and the Family.

  When people feel depressed or anxious about their situation in life, they will very often resort to anger as a way of taking and keeping control. Anger can be related to another person’s behavior or any circumstances where we don’t feel in control.  Anger is an attempt to exert authority and control over other people or situations where we feel relatively powerless. Our expressions of anger are really a...

Teenage Drug Use – Try a Playful Parenting Style.

Although good parenting means imposing discipline, making rules and setting boundaries, many overlook the possibilities of enhanced childhood development by having a playful parenting style. Drug use by young people is often associated with depression and anxiety. Drug use by teenagers is often an attempt on their part to bring some excitement and joy into their lives. Children simply don’t find the path of drug...

Why do Drop Out Kids do Drugs?

State schooling is very much an institution where normative “middle class” and “upwardly mobile” values are taught – some say “inflicted” on the students. Around 12 years of early development is taken up with schooling on a daily basis. If a child has a problem at school it can affect their sense of self esteem and become a source of worry and distress. Children drop out...

Is Drug/Alcohol Addiction Genetically Caused?

Medical researchers believe that addiction is genetically caused. If you have certain genes in your body, then you will become an addict. However, research finds that certain people with genes thought to “carry” addiction  are not drug/alcohol addicts and don’t have addictive traits. Genetics was founded by Mendel who discovered that genetic characteristics are selectively handed down from parent to...

What is Co -Dependence ? When to get Addict Help.

When people are in a good relationship based on free choice, love and respect then they are dependent on each other to have a fulfilled life – when problems arise they will be able to negotiate and resolve them. Co-dependence is a term used when a partnership or family structure is based on mutual support for unhealthy attitudes and behaviors which are maintained to reduce anxiety or feelings of depression,...