Staying Sober & Keeping Clean: What is addiction?

The Motto That We Go By...

Your higher power will grant you the serenity to accept the things you cannot change, the courage to change the things you can, and the wisdom to know the difference...successfully (if you work for it) and you will see clearly!

This blog is a dedication for people of all ages to stay sober and keep clean. Addiction is not an easy concept to grasp or accept, but when you do... your whole world will change.

This website provides many tools you can use on a daily basis:

1.) Pages that grasp concepts of addiction

2.) A newsreel that gives users insight into recent articles confined to addiction

3.) Important sayings and explanation

4.) Daily Posts

5.) Suggested links to other websites that may help greatly

6.) A quote of the day

7.) A book of the week

YOU CAN ALWAYS REACH ME ON EMAIL (I check my e-mail multiple times a day)... I am open to suggestions, questions, feedback, basically anything, but most importantly- I am here to help! Do not be shy. You may remain anonymous. My e-mail is Lgreens102.lg@gmail.com

Addiction is the continued repetition of a behavior despite adverse consequences, or a neurological impairment leading to such behaviors.

Addictions can include, but are not limited to, drug abuse, exercise addiction, food addiction,computer addiction and gambling. Classic hallmarks of addiction include impaired control over substances or behavior, preoccupation with substance or behavior, continued use despite consequences, and denial. Habits and patterns associated with addiction are typically characterized by immediate gratification (short-term reward), coupled with delayed deleterious effects (long-term costs).

Physiological dependence occurs when the body has to adjust to the substance by incorporating the substance into its 'normal' functioning. This state creates the conditions of tolerance and withdrawal. Tolerance is the process by which the body continually adapts to the substance and requires increasingly larger amounts to achieve the original effects. Withdrawal refers to physical and psychological symptoms experienced when reducing or discontinuing a substance that the body has become dependent on. Symptoms of withdrawal generally include but are not limited to anxiety, irritability, intense cravings for the substance, nausea, hallucinations, headaches, cold sweats, and tremors.

Source Cited: "Addiction." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 26 Feb. 2014. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Addiction>.