Valium, a central nervous system depressant, is essential in managing anxiety, muscle spasms, and seizure disorders. As a medication with the potential for dependency, understanding its proper use is essential. This guide breaks down how Valium offers relief, the importance of dosage adherence, and the risks involved, ensuring informed decisions for those prescribed this benzodiazepine.…
Cocaine addiction – how does it happen? Cocaine is a stimulant substance that improves focus and energy by flooding the brain with dopamine. Even a small dose of cocaine has a temporary stimulating effect on the body. It makes the person using it feel euphoric, energetic, talkative, and mentally alert. Other effects of using…
One of the questions anyone who wants to enter alcohol rehab asks oneself is: “What is the alcohol rehab process like?”. It’s normal to ask yourself this question, and this is what we’re trying to explain in this post. Alcohol dependence treatment – how is it to approach one of the alcohol rehab centres?…
According to a report published by the World Health Organisation, 1.2% of the world’s adult population has a gambling disorder. Officials also suggest that this number might be even higher, as not everyone gets the diagnosis or seeks professional help. Gambling addiction is one of several recognized behavioral addictions, as classified in the DSM-5, highlighting…
Alcohol addiction is so widespread that sometimes people don’t see it as an addiction anymore and consider it quite normal. Especially during these difficult times of uncertainty, many people are drinking more than they used to in an attempt to relieve stress. This is wrong and can lead to alcohol addiction over a quick period.…
Addiction trends in London were at their lowest ever recorded point at the beginning of the 20th Century. Since then, substance misuse, alcohol abuse and drug-related deaths have steadily risen leading us up to today. The trends recorded for addiction in London are representative of the rest of the UK, which has seen drug and…
PCP receives many calls from family members who are worried their loved one has a gambling problem or addiction. Just like any other addiction, gambling addiction starts in the brain and its response to a stimulus. Gambling addiction is classified as a behavioural addiction similar to substance abuse, and just because a substance is not…
Depression and addiction are two topics of conversation that can be very hard to talk about when you suffer from them. Part of you may want the words “Help Me!” to come tumbling out whilst the other part of you fights to keep them in. The tragic stigma that is attached to both mental health…
Ben Affleck, the 46-year-old famous Hollywood actor and filmmaker, has broken his silence over his alcohol addiction treatment earlier this year. Affleck, whose ongoing battle with alcohol and gambling has been very much publicised, spent 40 days in a residential treatment centre for alcohol where he was admitted over the summer. There, he underwent his…
A long term study conducted by the Canadian University of Montreal has evidenced that cannabis use during teenage years can cause brain damage that is long lasting; in some cases irreversible. The study tracked and tested 3,800 teenage participants over a period of four years, with the youngest being aged 13. It is a well-documented fact…