Posts Tagged ‘Addiction’
Teens, Addiction, and Suicide: Facts and Tips for Helping Addicted Youth
When my cousin entered high school last year, she had a tough time adjusting. She’s always been somewhat reserved, and that made her an easy target for bullies. She didn’t tell her family what was going on, and instead fell into a new crowd of friends that she spent all of her time with. Drinking…
What’s Too Much?: Sex Addiction in the Digital Age
It’s getting easier to get laid. Geolocating social apps, messaging apps, and videoconferencing have made finding and having sex easier than it used to be. For some, this has been a great improvement – a faster way to meet new people, explore fantasies, and have lots of sex. For others the sexual digital age has…
Screen Time for Adults: Setting Limits for Yourself (and your inner child).
I was sick with a cold this weekend and feeling pretty crappy, which was fine because the third season of Orange is the New Black just got released. I can safely say when I wasn’t sleeping, I was likely looking at a screen. I’d brainstorm article ideas for a minute, watch an episode or two,…
#TBT on PsychedinSF – In Defense of Addicts
Clients that use substances to varying degrees are often clumped together and labeled as addicts. There is a widespread simplistic, all or nothing view towards drug and alcohol users that tends to objectify them. In my opinion this can miss the diversity, strengths and actual degree of substance problems with each person.
-Andrew Sussman
12-step doesn’t work for everyone: why I love harm reduction
An alternative to 12-step She comes in and sits on the edge of the couch, anxious. As she tells me why she’s sitting in my office, she looks over furtively, both fearful and defended. I ask personal questions, some that she hasn’t answered even for herself. For example, I ask her what alcohol does for…
In Defense of Addicts
Clients that use substances to varying degrees are often clumped together and labeled as addicts. There is a widespread simplistic, all or nothing view towards drug and alcohol users that tends to objectify them. In my opinion this can miss the diversity, strengths and actual degree of substance problems with each person.
-Andrew Sussman