Addiction help

It doesn’t matter what type of addiction you have the most important step to making a recovery and being free from addiction is admitting the problem in the first place. The next step is to get some help in recovering; the first person you can turn to for help is your Doctor.

Admitting your problem

Admitting that you have an addiction can be a frightening thing and takes a lot of courage but your Doctor is there to help you and give you advice on further steps which can be taken for your addiction. The more open you are and the more you can tell your Doctor about your addiction the more help they can give you, you must also be prepared to answer your Doctor honestly when he/she asks you questions relating to your problem.

Addictions

We all understand and appreciate the benefits that mobile phones have given us, the ease of being in constant communication with friends and family. However there are increasingly numbers of people especially young people and children who are becoming addicted to mobile phones and in particular the short messaging texts which can be sent, or more commonly SMS.

Phones are available anywhere and everywhere, in the specialist shops, the supermarkets and can range from the simple cheap phones to phones costing hundreds which have video capabilities, have cameras, e mail and include the popular instant messaging programmes which are accessed over the internet from the phone. It is though that now 9 out of 10 children own a mobile phone with billions being spent every year on purchasing the latest have to have models.

Addictions

How do you know if something you enjoy doing is a habit or is becoming an addiction? Perhaps the easiest way to determine this is by asking yourself a few questions and answering them honestly.

The obvious questions you could ask yourself are, can you function in your day to day life without the use of whatever it is that you crave, does whatever you do take up more and more of your time everyday? There is however other signs that can indicate your habit has turned into an addiction:

Addictions

Many of us have heard the term workaholic and perhaps have only said it in jest but becoming addicted to work can actually become a problem and it is one that can have just as devastating effect on our social life and those we love than becoming addicted to any drug. Being a workaholic can also have serious effects on the person’s health just as with any addiction to drugs or alcohol does.

Some of the problems caused by this addiction are

• Strains in relationships to the point of breakdown.
• Headaches, sleep disorders, gastric problems and chronic fatigue.
• Obsession with being in control.
• Overall productivity begins to suffer.

Recent studies have shown that there are basically three stages to work addiction or being a workaholic.