Month: April, 2007
quit smoking effects timeline
Aldouspi | April 28, 2007 | 1:37 am | Stop Smoking | No comments

Do You Know What Is The Number 1 Quit Smoking Aid?





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games addictions
Aldouspi | April 27, 2007 | 6:50 am | addictions | No comments

games addictions

There is a huge variety of gaming options available online that can make it hard to find yourself addicted to just one game, but you could find yourself spending every spare second of your day playing online games. With the amount of gaming opportunities there is you should find yourself playing at least one a week if you are an avid online gamer.

A lot of games have recently become developed with the use of miniclip. These types of games tend to have some of the best graphics for such simplistic games including the game known as Bubble Trouble 2. This game has a very simplistic scenario yet seems to become a truly addicting game. In a matter of minutes you’ll find yourself wanting to continue playing the game and hours will go past before you discover that you’ve sat playing Bubble Trouble 2 for four hours straight. That’s a truly addictive game.

To make things worse, a lot of these games don’t even come with a price so that makes them free addicting games. When something is given to you for free that you can use on a regular basis you are guaranteed to become addicted in no time. Addictive games can become your entire life. You could wake up in the morning and find yourself having to play the game just a little bit before you begin your day and then stay up half the night so you can finish a certain level. This happens a lot in the miniclip games world.

Online gaming can be addictive, but it can also not be addictive. There are some that just never seem to find that perfect game for them and they get tired of looking around. It’s bound to happen at some point or another. With there being such a huge variety of games though you may get in luck and find something that is not only a lot of fun to play, but you can play it without getting bored. When you can find a game that you want to continue playing actually continue playing. These games could be hard for some to find but once they do they’ll be in the zone of addictive games.

Remember though that when you find free addictive games don’t let them over take your life. There is something on the other side of your computer screen that is awaiting you to see it. Online gaming can be very addictive so make sure that if you find yourself entering the realm of addictive games that you set out a timeframe to play them so you can enjoy them for much longer. Addictive Games Online has truly made this possible for you by having all their games available 24/7, so you can continue to keep coming back to their games whenever, this goes for all their games including the miniclip and arcade town games.

About the Author:

Watch time fly playing addictive games, such as online motorbike games at http://www.addictive-games-online.com.

Article Source: ArticlesBase.comOnline Gaming – Addictive or Not

Birth of Massive Online Games Addiction, Divorce, RMT Part 2

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addiction books
Aldouspi | April 20, 2007 | 6:06 pm | addictions | No comments

addiction books
Different petrol prices for Malaysians, non-citizens from May
Cover Story: Hooked on porn An addiction to pornography is not normal although most men would have you believe otherwise. MEERA …
NIKKI SIXX promoting his book “The Heroin Diaries” about his struggle with addiction to Heroin

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addiction vs abuse
Aldouspi | April 19, 2007 | 7:26 pm | addictions | No comments

addiction vs abuse

As a former resident in many DV shelters across the USA and, a former staff member, it has become easy to assess why some shelters’ success rate is very low. Furthermore, through listening to other residents and sharing our mutual concerns, I have come to the conclusion that the policies in effect in most DV shelters are unsuitable for DV survivors.

I believe that the originators of DV shelters had the best of intentions and just by setting up facilities for women and children to seek haven from the abuser/batterer, they have made a great contribution to developing awareness and better understanding of domestic violence. However, as pioneers, they lacked an appropriate model to follow so they designed their system based on the only shelters available at the time: homeless shelters.

Nevertheless, many years have gone by since the inception of DV shelters and much has been learnt about the particular issues affecting this specific social group. Yet, most DV shelters are still following the old model and, some, have even added characteristics that emulate correctional facilities. In doing so, they “inadvertendly” keep victimizing DV survivors and contributing to the “blaming the victim” mentality. Thus, rendering their system ineffective.

DV survivors are not criminals/inmates.

They are not responsible for the abuse. It is their abuser/batterer the one that has made a choice to resort to tyranny and victimization.

DV survivors are not the problem; the abuser/batterer is.

DV survivors deserve to be heard and treated with dignity and respect regardless of their shortcomings.

DV survivors are not inepts or stupid. They’ve managed to survive, haven’t they?

Not all DV survivors are mentally ill, alcoholics, or drug addicts.

DV survivors do not need to be treated like children and/or in a condescending way. Their abuser did that to them for years.

DV survivors need to be part of the solution and regain control over their lives and choices.

The current status quo regarding DV survivors vs. abusers/batterers is one of punishment. Our system and society expects DV survivors to be the ones to turn their life around, abandon everything, live in shelters, give up most of their rights and freedom, instead of the abuser/batterer. In doing so, we are punishing the victims. These expectations are so outrageous that they are equivalent to putting rape victims in jail or prison while letting the rapist run rampant in our communities.

Therefore, as DV survivors, we have come to the conclusion that this situation and status quo will perpetuate ad nauseaum unless we, the affected parties, take control and take action. Thus, Survivors United Against Domestic Violence (SUADV) was born. We are certain that just like groups such as MADD, we will make the big difference regarding this issue. Join us at http://suadv.org.

About the Author:

Barbara Hidalgo is the founder, Chair and CEO of Survivors United Against Domestic Violence (SUADV), a new not-for-profit corporation by DV survivors for DV survivors not in shelter. Visit SUADV’s site at

http://suadv.org
to learn more about the organization.

Article Source: ArticlesBase.comWhy Some DV Shelters Need To Reconsider Their Policies

Seven Warning Signs of Addiction in Five Minutes or Less

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stop smoking journal
Aldouspi | April 18, 2007 | 1:30 pm | Stop Smoking | No comments

stop smoking journal
How come it is so hard to quit smoking?

I have tried almost everything, and still I can’t quit. I kept a journal, I tried cold turkey, I tried gradually, patches and still I can’t quit. Personally, it seems like a bad cycle. Instead of quitting, I’m smoking more. It’s like this. I manage to stop smoking for a week, but the following I smoke twice as much. And I can’t stop again for a month. And each time I try, it gets harder. I am so down, where I am losing hope that it is even possible to quit…

There is only one true way. You must want it. You must have a will so strong that you need no smoking. You must wake up every morning knowing that you dont need to smoke, knowing that you want to quit, knowing it would be better for you and everyone. Cold turkey sounds hard, but weening off does NOT work. To quit something, you simply do. Today, and from this day forward, you dont smoke. you used to smoke, you used to enjoy it, but now, you are simply not a smoker anymore. When someone asks, do you smoke, do not answer with i used to, as this leads to the excuse cycle that gets you started again “one more wont hurt, the rest didnt”. Answer with nope, dont touch the stuff. Just become a non smoker. Instead of trying to do something, try not doing something – smoking. If you can get it to become something you just DONT do, then your mental addiction will slowly fade. All those patches, all those treatments and detox centers are to help you get on your feet, to get in control of your addiction, not to keep you off of the drug. If you come to the point at the end of those programs where you must leave and deal with it on your own, means you must realize that this is not a 5 minute fight. You will be fighting this addiction, this curse, for the rest of your life, it never goes away. YOU are all you have to stand in the way of your bad habits, because if you have to smoke that one cigarette, after all the work you went through to go clean, then why even try to quit in the first place?

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